Gestalt psychology is like a puzzle. People make sense of things as a whole, not as the individual pieces. Gestalt Psychology Summary Gestalt psychology proposes that people more easily perceive patterns than distinct things. For example, a person might see two alternately flashing lights as a single light moving back and forth between two locations.

Important People in Gestalt Psychology Max Wertheimer (AD 1912): Started the Gestalt Psychology movement with his experiment where subjects saw two alternately flashing lights as one moving light.

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by Steven N. Jacowski, September 20, 2004
Mr. Ward's AP Psychology - 6th
Craig High School