project UNIVERSITY OF WALES BRITISH- HELENIC COLLEGE BSc (HONS) PSYCHOLOGY THE HISTORY OF ART PSYCHOLOGY PS 102 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY EMMANUEL FIORAKIS KATERINA JOAN DEARING ATHENS‚ 2 APRIL 2008 The psychology of art is an interdisciplinary field that studies the perception‚ cognition and characteristics of art and its production. For the use of art materials as a form of psychotherapy. The psychology of art is related to architectural psychology
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background. Principles of Organizations A group of German psychologists stated the basic principles of organization in perception‚ known as Gestalt psychologists – emphasized the importance of form in perception and they took the point of view that shapes and forms need to be described by the organization of entire perceptual field. Some of these Gestalt laws of organization are as follows: 1. Proximity and Resemblance Things located close together in visual field tend to be grouped together
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June 25‚ 2011/ July 2 Session 2 Topics Consumer Behavior Evolution Consumption Market Segmentation Consumers as Individuals The Psychological Processes Basic Concepts Consumer Behavior – the process involved when individuals or groups select‚ purchase‚ use or dispose of products‚ services‚ ideas or experiences to satisfy needs and desires Exchange – the process whereby two or more organizations or people give and receive something of value Consumption Principles
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perceiving the global stimuli. This would imply that the individual’s capability to detect the local stimuli should not be affected by the global stimulus (Kinchla & Wolfe‚ 1979). This theory was then supported by Gestalt psychology in which proposed the Law of Pragnanz. According to Gestalt
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between two clusterings is: where is entropy of and is mutual information between and . This is completely equivalent to the shared information distance. Along with Kohler and Koffka‚ Max Wertheimer was one of the principal proponents of Gestalt theory which emphasized higher-order cognitive processes in the midst of
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The interpretations of Guernica It is certain to say that Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous and influential artist of the twentieth century. Many of his paintings have deep meaning to them‚ but the painting Guernica was one of his work that really stood out - to me‚ at least. The painting was inspired by the bombing of German and Italian forces on the Spanish Basque town called Guernica. The factors in it can symbolize many things and people will have different interpretations on it‚ but
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Chapter 4- Sensation and Perception * Sensation vs. Perception * Sensation- Basic processes by which sensory receptors and the nervous system: Receive and represent stimulus energies from environment‚ and entails basic psychological experiences. * Bottom-Up Processing- Sensory detection and encoding; construction of whole from parts. * This includes Lines‚ shapes‚ angels‚ colors‚ items/events that grab our attention * Perception- Interpretation and integration
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with her father‚ after finding her mother grieved herself to death while Amanda was gone. The client is seeking to move past her trauma but feels like she has no choice in the matter (Biography‚ 2014). Theoretical Model The theory being used is the gestalt therapy. As the therapist‚ I would function as a guide and a
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Navon 1977 Navon investigated the Gestalt law according to which ‘the whole is more then the sum of its parts’. Participants were asked to identify either the small letters making up the large letters‚ or the large letter. The small letters were sometimes the same as the large letter and sometimes different. It took longer to identify the small letters when these conflicted with the shape of the large letter. But there was no difference in the time taken to identify the large letters. This could
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“Gestalt Therapy” is a phenomenological-existential therapy founded by Frederick (Fritz) and Laura Perls in the 1940s. It teaches therapists and patients the phenomenological method of awareness‚ in which perceiving‚ feeling‚ and acting are distinguished from interpreting and reshuffling pre-existing attitudes. Explanations and interpretations are considered less reliable than what is directly perceived and felt. Patients and therapists in Gestalt therapy dialogue‚ that is‚ communicate their phenomenological
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