PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

STA. MARIA CAMPUS

STA. MARIA, PANGASINAN

Name ______________________________________ Date: ___________________

Course: ____________________________________

ACTIVITY NO. 7
COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE (GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY)

1. Identify the Gestalt principle applied in each of the following learning activities. Explain your
answer.

Application Gestalt Principle Explanation

1. The teacher relates a new law of continuation This way, students will realize
topic with something the that their new lesson actually
student already know has continuity and is related
to what they already know or
to the previous lesson
2. Topics with commonalities law of similarity Is similar lessons or contents
are taught next to each other should be grouped together
to make learners develop
understanding more
efficiently and effectively.
3. The most important words law of figure and ground Emphasis should be done on
in the paragraph are written important aspects of the
in bolder fonts. lesson to and the lesson
make it easy
4. The teacher slows down law of figure and ground Emphasis should be done on
her pace and varies her tone important aspects of the
of voice to emphasize a lesson. For example, teachers
point. should vary the tone of their
voice or write boldly or
underline the important key
words of the lesson
5. Teachers remind children law of proximity This is the reason why
to keep their numbers in subtraction is taught after
straight columns when doing addition, multiplication after
math operations. subtraction then division
after multiplication.
6. A teacher presented 16 Law of Closure If students find a math
dots arranged horizontally algorithm confusing because
and vertically with 4 dots in a certain question is left
every line. He asked the unanswered or a step isn't
students how many squares clear, they will tend to
could they find out of the concentrate on that confused
given dots. part of the process rather
than the total process as a
whole. This is why students
get "lost".

2. Formulate sample activities that would picture how each of the gestalt principles could be applied in
the teaching-learning process.

Gestalt Principle Application

Law of Similarity Learning professionals will want to ensure that

concepts that belong in the same group, such as
those that are part of a sub-topic within the
module, have a similar appearance. For example,
if you are creating a page that lists the attributes
of three distinct groups, you can use blue font for
one list of attributes, red for another, and purple
for the last. This will help learners to differentiate
between each group and link the appropriate
attributes to their respective groups. This brings
us to the second consideration for the law of
similarity, which is contrast. Since learners will
automatically group together items with a similar
appearance, avoid using the same type of
graphics, fonts, or colors for items that aren't
supposed to be related. For instance, if you
create a series of modules that cover different
topics but all have the same aesthetic theme,
then the learners may blur the concepts of each
module together, ultimately leading to
confusion.
Law of Good Continuation According to this law, learners will typically
group together shapes or objects that appear to
moving in the same direction, but shapes or
 objects that appear to be establishing a change
in direction tend be seen as different items. To
utilize this law in your eLearning course, it's
important to insure that objects are aligned in
such a way that they communicate relatedness
or highlight differences. For example, if you want
to stress the fact that several words or shapes
share a common bond, then you can place them
in a linear arrangement on the page so that
learners are able to see that they are connected.
Law of Simplicity The Law of Simplicity is also known as the Law of
Pragnanz. To apply this law in your eLearning
course, you'll want to keep things simple and
straightforward. Avoid adding images that are
irrelevant or creating pages that are chaotic and
cluttered. It's important to remember that
learners will be viewing the entire page as a
whole, rather than the sum of its parts. In
essence, our minds crave simplicity. They don't
want to have to process more information than
what is really necessary. This also ties into
cognitive overload, in that the brain can only
accept certain amount of information before it
begins to forget the key ideas or concepts. When
using graphics, keep things basic and include only
what is absolutely necessary. When creating text,
make sentences concise and avoid lengthy
paragraphs.
Law of Closure This law also stipulates that items close together
may be part of a larger entity, because our mind
craves completion. So, our brain, rather than
leave an image or concept incomplete, will
naturally fill in the blanks in order to develop the
whole picture. You'll want to exercise caution
when using this law, however, as there is always
a chance that the mind may become confused or
misconstrue by incomplete images or concepts.
For example, if you are utilizing an image that
some may not be familiar with, then he/she
won't have the ability to tap into their already
existing knowledge base in order to fill in the
gaps.
Law of Common Fate This law stipulates that when a learner sees a
group of objects moving in one particular
 direction together, they will perceive these
objects as a collective group with similarities. To
use this law in your eLearning course strategy,
you can draw attention to key ideas, tips, or
lesson points by making them moving objects,
such as a pop up dialogue box, or create slide out
menus on the page to highlight the sub-topics of
a particular subject. This creates an automatic
association between ideas or objects.

From the Gestalt Principles, I realize that . . .

This lesson focus on how learners will solve the situation they've encounter. How they will think on
solving problems in a certain situation.

Gestalt psychology was an immediately more complex alternative to the other psychological movements
of the time period. It provided not only an alternative, but in its own way allowed to take more of the
experience of perception and experience into a much more relatable form. It treats experiences as their
own event instead of breaking them down into base forms and really aims to keep the humanity of
psychology at the forefront of the science in a way.