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Discuss Gestals psychology contribution to our understanding of perseption, including the figure-ground relashionship and principles of persceptual grouping in form perception. Lorena Yeves Di Carlo Gestalt psychology began as a reaction to the behaviorism of Watson and the introspectionism of Titchner. Gestalt's argument with behaviorism was the focus on systematic collection and analysis of data from the bottom up; investigating the elements individually without an appreciation for their importance as a whole that was greater than the sum of their parts. This concept, of an integrated whole, is described by the German word Gestalt, for which there is no English equivalent. Gestalt psychologists apply this concept to relationships between people, citing the group dynamic of a common enterprise where each individual puts forth his gifts to create something more meaningful than each member could individually. An early influence on Gestalt psychology was the philosopher (RealAudio or Wav File), Immanuel Kant. He argued that...

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