"Gestalt psychology" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Gestalt psychology (uncountable)
  1. (psychology) A school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology. Wikipedia link: Gestalt psychology Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Synonyms: gestaltism, gestalt psychology Related terms: Gestalt therapy
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