SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING
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the whole is smaller than the sum of it’s parts
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the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts
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the parts are greater than the whole
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the parts are smaller than the whole
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Detailed explanation-1: -Psychological Gestalt theory would maintain that the whole is something else or something different than the sum of its parts. Merely adding up the component parts is meaningless compared with the “part-whole” relationship (SYNERGETICS: Explorations of Thinking.
Detailed explanation-2: -Essentially, Gestalt psychology argues that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. That means that one cannot understand the parts of something to understand the thing as whole. The word “Gestalt” is German, and it means the way the thing has been put together.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole of anything is greater than its parts. That is, the attributes of the whole are not deducible from analysis of the parts in isolation. The word Gestalt is used in modern German to mean the way a thing has been “placed, ” or “put together.” There is no exact equivalent in English.
Detailed explanation-4: -The following are the key concepts of Gestalt Therapy: Wholeness and Integration: Wholeness refers to the whole person or the individual’s mind and body as a unit rather than as separate parts (Seligman, 2006). Integration refers to how these parts fit together and how the individual integrates into the environment.
Detailed explanation-5: -“The whole is greater than sum of its parts”, coined by Aristotle applies to everyday situation.