SEMESTER FALL 2022

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

(PSY101)

Submitted by Ajwa Hira

Student ID bc210414746
Assignment No. 01
Date 30th November 2022
Topic Schools of thought:

As we all know that Gestalt laws are ways are well devised ways in which we tend to
observe the world around us. They help us in understanding human perception in
particular. They make us aware how complex human perception can be. Your task is to
read out the given scenarios and identify which Gestalt law is being implemented here and
then provide an explanation of that law.
Serial Scenarios Gestalt law (1) Explanation (3)
no.
1. Ahmed thought that Proximity According to the law of proximity, things that are
people who were close together seem more relatable than the things
that are spaced farther apart
talking to each other
Principle of Proximity states that when two or
at the festival were more elements are close to each other, the psotion
groups of people. of these potray the relationship between separate
parts and render a specific meaning to that group

2. The wildlife Similarity The law of similarity states that similar things
photographer saw tend to appear grouped together.
blue birds with Grouping can occur in both visual and
sharp feathers and auditory stimuli
black birds with Principle of similarity states that we tend to
furry appearance. perceive things that physically resemble each
He labelled them as other as a part of same object. There may be
two separate groups a similarity in any one of them; colour, shape,
of birds. texture or any other element
3. Sana saw some birds Good continuation The law of continuity holds that points
flying in a particular that are connected by straight or curved
direction and she lines are seen in a way that follows the
thought that they are smoothest path. In other words elements
a group and all in a line or curve seem more related to
going to their home another than those positioned randomly.
 nest together.
The principle of continuity states that
whenever our eyes begin to follow
something, they will continue to travel in
that direction until they encounter another
object . The eyes create momentum aa
they are compelled to move through one
object and continue to another
4. Amna was solving Closure According to the law of closure, we
her geometry paper. perceive elements as belonging to the
She saw some lines same group if they seem to complete some
that were entity . Our brains often ignore
disconnected. She contradictory and fill in gaps in
was surprised to see information
that when she
connected those Closure occur when an element is
lines, a circle or incomplete or is not enclosed in space. It
triangle would be subconsciously involves filling of the
formed. missing gaps or information. When
enough of the shape is shown and it is
still incomplete our minds tell to fill in the
blanks and construct the whole of the
shape .
5. Salman viewed the Figure and The human eye can differentiate an obkect
clouds and main Ground from the surrounding . We prevent certain
figures as he objects as being in the foreground and other
observed them along objects as being in the background
with the sky.