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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Gestalt theory"”.
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Nonlinearity and Gestalt Therapy : Back to the Beginning
<p>Gestalt methods are explored in the context of the nonlinear view. The original Lewinian equations are updated to the current notions of nonlinear dynamics and current Gestalt Therapy theory. Ordinary differential equations and nonlinear processes are applied some of the key features of Gestalt …
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Finding Patterns in DNA Sequences through Visualization with Symbolic Scatter Plots
… visual perception – particularly in terms of Gestalt theory and pre-attentive visual processing. Third, examples of how specific pre-attentive visual cues can be manipulated or added to find motifs and visualize information content (i.e. entropy) are presented. Fourth, the practicality of …
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The Independent Group's encounters with logical positivism and searches for unity in the 1951 Growth and Form Exhibition
… unitarism, and the ostensibly empirical Gestalt theory-existed simultaneously and intermingled in the IG environment. The historical avant-garde's emphasis on method--such as El Lissitsky's call for "Gestaltung als Ergebnis wissenschaftlicher Untersuchung eines Problems," or Hannes …
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Whole human design : designing for Humans, not Users
… human perceives his/her life as a dynamic whole (Gestalt Theory), we reduce him/her to a 'user', a shard of his/her full Self. This thesis explores the foundations of a new methodology, Whole Human Design[superscript TM], that seeks to re-unify the human and equip us to design for users in the …
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Young adults’ perceptions of community violence experienced in a South African context during adolescence
… interpreted from the theoretical underpinning of Gestalt theory. The empirical findings confirmed that the participants were exposed to high rates of community violence during their adolescent years. The study findings suggest that community violence is embedded within adolescents’ family …
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Creating form : the presentation and perception of three-dimensional form
… of different contexts on the perception of form. Gestalt Theory, and in particular the work of Rudolph Amheim, provide the theoretical basis for this study. The making of art-works, the responses to the work and the provision for aesthetic experience enhances knowledge and understanding of the …
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Die dialogiese verhouding van ouers met hulle kind in die middelkinderjare met aandagtekort–hiperaktiwiteitsversteuring
… of the dialogic relationship, according to the Gestalt theory, with their children that are diagnosed with ADHD. The dialogic relationship was research specifically in the context of the five principles of the dialogic relationship, i.e. inclusion, presence, confirmation, commitment to dialogue …
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Musical Ambiguity in Analysis and Composition: Problems of Pattern, Value, Form, and Structure
… Requiem. Chapter Two applies concepts from Gestalt Theory and Kubik's "internal rhythms" to polyphony and variations from the mbira tradition of Zimbabwe. Chapter Three combines integral serialism's techniques of parametric structuring and Saussurean linguistics to develop a theory of …
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Development of an intuition semantic instrument
… Theoretical support was identified using Gestalt Theory, Cognitive Dissonance Theory, and Ornstein's (1977) Modes of Consciousness Theory. Stinchcombe's format was used to structure the merger of the three theories. The components of intuition (wholeness, approximation, spontaneity, and …
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Beyond aesthetics : a contemporary approach to teaching visual language at a post secondary level
… Fernande Saint-Martin built on psychoanalytical theory, on Jean Piaget's findings on human construction of space, and on gestalt theory. This approach is based on a notion of perception that incorporates other senses in addition to vision; it adopts no particular aesthetic theory, takes into …
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Pendulum V: DM "Vitality, Exhaustion and Fleeting Equilibrium"
… Samuel Beckett, clocks, comic-book characters, gestalt theory) in the hopes of getting closer to the broader social meanings embodied by the work.
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Tlingit tunic design: visual definition, meaning, and identity
… were originally based on DeLong’s (1987) use of Gestalt theory of part-to-whole and whole-to-part viewing. The viewing relationships of interior design lines, silhouette, and surface design readily organized appearance into visual categories. The models were further divided into subsections which …
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Young adults' perceptions of community violence experienced during adolescence
… be a threat to their well-being and development. Gestalt theory, the theoretical framework for the study, explains that exposure to harmful environments can harm the adolescents’ ability for self-regulation and effective functioning. To gain more insight into the phenomenon, the aim of this study …
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Mary Parker Follett: Toward Organizational Communication Ethics in a Flattening and Fearful World
… communication. Mary Parker Follett was a Gestalt theory advocate believing that there was an invitation to understand things as a whole without diminishing the parts. The dissertation explores both the parts and whole of Follett's work.</p><p> The books and posthumously published lectures …
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Utilizing group art therapy to develop Korean immigrant mothers' sense of self and the relationship with the children
<p>This study hypothesized that group art therapy will increase Korean mothers’ sense of self and positively affect the relationship between the mother and child. The design sessions included an art intervention and group discussion about the art work. Ten immigrant Korean mothers completed two …