The Basic Premise Upon Which Gestalt Psychology Was Founded Is

question 375

Multiple Choice

The basic premise upon which Gestalt psychology was founded is

• A) each sensory input results in the top-down processing of the parts.
• B) bottom-up processing forms the basis of true perception.
• C) our perception of the whole may give us more information than simply looking at the parts separately.
• D) our recognition of objects is better for complex forms than simple forms.

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