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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

law, law of nature go
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

rule, principle go
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization
a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

closure, law of closure go
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
common fate, law of common fate go
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit
continuation, good continuation, law of continuation go
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
proximity, law of proximity go
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
similarity, law of similarity go
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit