gestaltism /ge·stal·tism/ (gah-stawl´tizm) (gah-shtawl´tizm) the theory in psychology that the objects of mind, as immediately presented to direct experience, come as complete unanalyzable wholes or forms (Gestalten) which cannot be split up into parts.
ge·stalt·ism (g -shtäl t z m, -shtôl-, -stäl-, -stôl-)n. The school or theory of psychology that emphasizes the wholeness and organized structure of every psychological, physiological, and behavioral experience, maintaining that experiences are not reducible and thus cannot be derived from a simple summation of perceptual elements such as sensation and response. Also called Gestalt psychology. |
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