First, my apologies for not putting this up last night. Second, for those of you who posted examples under summer work, your examples are really good and you do not need to move them to this post. Last, this is not required, your participation is voluntary and supplements your classroom performance grade. Post last, provide an example of something that illustrates Gestalt theory.
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Lucy
9/10/2013 05:31:48 am
The Gestalt Theory is like a puzzle. The whole of the puzzle is different than the sum of its parts.
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Jonathan Minoff
9/10/2013 06:13:47 am
An example of Gestalt psychology is a musical instrument. Objectively, it is composed (pun intended) of pieces of metal or plastic or something like that, but when assembled, it has the potential to produce music.
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Kristina Ramsden
9/10/2013 08:02:27 am
An example of Gestalt psychology is water (H20). It's made of hydrogen and oxygen but when they are put together in a 2:1 ratio they make H2O which is essential for our survival.
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9/10/2013 08:23:50 am
Yet another interpretation of Gestalt Psychology is PB&J This delicacy is made up of peanut butter, jelly, and bread, three separate materials that when combined produce a classic american tradition. Like water, it is also essential for our survival.
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Ella McDonald
9/10/2013 09:01:10 am
Another example of gestalt psychology is a sports team. Individually, a player is not able to compete and win games by themselves, but if a bunch of players are put together as a team, they can work together to win games.
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Leila Kouakou
9/10/2013 10:11:18 am
An excellent example of Gestalt psychology is the human body. Individual atoms of carbon, oxygen, etc. make nothing, but combined in specific ways make materials necessary for a cell. Singular cells from a multicellular organism do nothing, but many cells working together create functioning tissue, organs, and people.
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Maggie Mahoney
9/11/2013 01:50:29 am
Another example of the Gestalt effect is snow. While single individual snowflakes cannot have much impact, when the snowflakes "work together" they produce massive snowstorms that can close school!
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Dylan Weaver
9/14/2013 01:39:12 pm
(So I know that I already posted a stellar response in the last thread that Mr. Tags is now going to plagiarize because it was so chock full of insight and suave. However...) I have a bone to pick with almost every one of the examples above: The gestalt theory states that "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts." Many of these answers (the puzzle, the PB&J, and the snow) fail to accurately address the phenomenon that this quote cites. This is not simply that an object's impact grows as it's quantity grows (as in the snow example) but rather that if you took these objects in a group, they would be doing/being something more than just the combined impact/actions of the individuals that make up the group. The reason that the snow example doesn't work (I love you Maggie, I'm just using your post to illustrate what I'm trying trying to communicate) is that if you measured each snowflake individually apart from the drift it came from, it would measure 1 millimeter, if you will. Now put it back in the drift. If you have 800 flakes in the drift, is the "sum of the parts" 1 millimeter x 800? If it is, then the "whole" is NOT greater than the "sum" and therefore it does not follow the gestalt theory. Am I making any sense? The point is that some of these examples explain how things added together are more than they are alone (direct relationship that is pretty straightforward), which needs to be taken a step further by being GREATER THAN MERELY THE SUM. It's a very slippery slope so I may not even be 100% correct but this is just how I understand it.
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too mad
9/24/2013 10:11:38 pm
Wait I hear calling people out is ok?!?!? Thanks for bringing this to our attention
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Johnboy
10/5/2016 02:58:10 pm
By George you've got it.
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Dylan Weaver
9/17/2013 11:07:38 am
Mr. Tags, I promise that if you post the homework on this site, I will check it. :)
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Rafael Cottom-Terkenli
9/18/2013 07:24:32 am
Besides illusions and tricks of the mind, the Gestalt Theory generates an interesting idea. The idea that there is more to joining two things (people, ideas, or art) than is predicted or expected. You may put one painting over another and expect a chaotic mash of art, but hidden in the chaos you may see another theme, or image, or story emerging. Which may give you more pleasure than either of the previously individual paintings you used to result in this masterpiece you are thinking of right now.
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Dylan Weaver
9/19/2013 08:44:13 am
Wow. I think Raf wins.
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Rafael Cottom-Terkenli
9/20/2013 09:00:38 am
Geez Dylan I'm honors Leave a Reply. |
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