Gestalttheorieën
Gestalttheorieën, commonly known as Gestalt psychology, is a school of thought that emerged in the early 20th century in Germany. Its central tenet is that the human mind perceives wholes and patterns rather than individual components. The word "Gestalt" itself is German and roughly translates to "form," "shape," or "configuration." Proponents of Gestalttheorieën argued that our perception is not simply a summation of sensory inputs but rather an active process of organizing these inputs into meaningful wholes.
Key principles of Gestalttheorieën include laws of perceptual organization, such as proximity, similarity, closure, and continuity.
While initially focused on visual perception, Gestalttheorieën also extended to other areas of psychology, including problem-solving,