Die Gestalt is a German word for form or shape The shape of an object located in some space is the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from other properties such as colour, content, and material composition, as well as from the object's other spatial properties (position and orientation in space; size). It is used in English to refer to a concept of 'wholeness' (see wiktionary entry here). Gestalt may also refer to:
- Gestalt psychology Gestalt psychology or gestaltism of the Berlin School is a theory of mind and brain positing that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies. The Gestalt effect refers to the form-forming capability of our senses, particularly with respect to the visual recognition of figures and whole (or Gestalt theory), a theory of mind and brain, describing the Gestalt effect.
- Gestalt theoretical psychotherapy, a method of psychotherapy based on Gestalt psychology
- Gestalt therapy Gestalt therapy is an existential/experiential form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility, and that focuses upon the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their, a form of psychotherapy built on the experiential ideal of "here and now" and relationships with others and the world.
- Gestalt (Mac OS), an environment-query function in Mac OS.
- Gestalt (manga), an anime manga and OVA series
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