Introduction:

Gestalt psychology was the part or place of the cognitive psychology.It served as the foundation of the cognitive perspective to learning,an observation perceive or awareness,understanding,awareness of the environment,capacity of comprehension.Focus of behaviorism.It considered the mental process and products of perception.

Contents: Gestalt Principles:
1.Law of Proximity-Elements that are closer together will be perceived as a coherent object.On the left,there appears to be three columns,while on the right,there appears to be three horizontal rows.
2.Law of Similarity-Elements that look similar will be perceived as part of the same form.There seems to be a triangle in the square.
3.Law of Closure-We tend to fill the gaps or ‘’close’’the figures we perceive.We enclose a space by completing a contour and ignoring gaps in the figure.
4.Law of Good Continuation-Individuals have the tendency to continue contours whenever the elements of the pattern establish an implied direction.People tend to draw a good continuous line.
5.Law of Good Pragnanz-The stimulus will be organized into as good a figure as possible.In this Example,good refers to symmetry,simplicity,and regularity.
6.Law of Figure/Ground-We tend to pay attention and perceive things in the foreground first.A stimulus will be perceived as separate from its ground.

Summary:

Gestalt Theory-An individual has inner and outer forces that affect his perceptions and also his learning.Inner forces include his own motivation,attitudes and feelings.Outer forces may include the attitude and behavior of the teacher and classmates.All these forces interact and impact on the person’s learning.

Reflection: It is a idea of learning taking place by discovery or insight.It show that if we have an problem to solve,for example..if we want something to have or to buy the