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The German word Gestalt means "pattern" or "figure."
As ''[[Gestalt]]'' is a psychological concept[[German]] word meaning an organized pattern or [[whole]] which has properties other than those of its components in isolation. The experimental study of [[gestalt]]s began in 1910 with the study of certain phenomena of perception, Gestalt refers and led to our perception a [[school]] of thought known as "[[gestalt]] [[psychology]]" which was based on a form whose meaning exceeds holistic concept of [[mind]] and [[body]] and which stressed the totality [[psychological]] importance of its components--a Gestalt is always greater than [[body]] presentation. These ideas formed the sum basis of its parts[[Gestalt]] [[therapy]] as developed by [[Paul Goodman]], [[Fritz Perls]] and [[Ralph Hefferline]].
Gestalt psychology is founded on When [[Lacan]] refers to the [[gestalt]], he refers specifically to one kind of oganized pattern, namely the observation that we do not comprehend our world as an assemblage [[visual]] [[image]] of another member of disparate elementsthe same species, but which is perceived as a pattern of meaningful forms[[unified]] [[whole]].
Our understanding Such an [[image]] is a [[gestalt]] because it has an effect which none of its component parts have in isolation; this effect is to act as a "homereleasing mechanism"([[French]]: ''déclencheur'') which triggers certain [[instinct]]ual responses, for example, is derived from more than merely the materials and architectural plans that produce the physical "housesuch as reproductive behavior.<ref>{{S1}} p." 121f</ref>
A "face" is likewise more than In other words, when an animal perceives a collection [[unified]] [[image]] of identifiable partsanother member of its species, it responds in certan [[instinct]]ual ways.
For [[Lacan]] gives many examples from [[ethology]] of such [[instinct]]ual responses to [[images]], but his main interest is in the way the [[imagogestalt]] with which the infant identifies functions in the [[mirror stagehuman]] is a kind of Gestaltbeings.
The infant recognizes not only that it For [[human]]s the [[body]] [[image]] is also a particular shape[[gestalt]] which produces [[instinct]]ual responses, especially [[sexual]] ones, but the [[power]] of the [[image]] is also grasps that this shape has a special--in fact transformative--significancemore than merely [[instinct]]ual; it constitutes the essential captivating [[power]] of the [[specular iamge]] (see [[captation]]).
==More==It is by [[identifying]] with the [[unified]] [[gestalt]] of the [[body]] [[image]] that the [[ego]] is constantly threatened by [[fear]]s of disintegration, which manifest themselves in [[image]]s of the [[fragmented body]]; these [[image]]s represent the opposite of the [[unified]] [[gestalt]] of the [[body]] [[image]].
GESTALTThe [[German]] [[word]] [[Gestalt]] means "pattern" or "figure."
''As a [[psychological]] concept, [[Gestalt]]'' is refers to our perception of a form whose [[Germanmeaning]] word meaning an organized pattern or exceeds the [[wholetotality]] which has properties other of its components--a [[Gestalt]] is always greater than those the sum of its components in isolationparts.  [[Gestalt]] [[psychology]] is founded on the observation that we do not comprehend our world as an assemblage of disparate elements, but as a pattern of meaningful forms.
The experimental study Our understanding of [[gestalt]]s began in 1910 with the study of certain phenomena of perception, and led to a [[school]] of thought known as "[[gestalt]] [[psychology]]home" which was based on a holistic concept of [[mind]] , for example, is derived from more than merely the materials and [[body]] and which stressed architectural plans that produce the [[psychological]] importance of [[body]] presentationphysical "house."
These ideas formed the basis A "face" is likewise more than a collection of [[Gestalt]] [[therapy]] as developed by [[Paul Goodman]], [[Fritz Perls]] and [[Ralph Hefferline]]identifiable parts.
For [[Lacan]], the [[imago]] with which the [[infant]] [[identifies]] in the [[mirror stage]] is a kind of [[Gestalt]].
When The [[Lacan]] refers to the [[gestaltinfant]]recognizes not only that it is a particular shape, he refers specifically to one kind of oganized pattern, namely the [[visual]] [[image]] of another member of the same species, which is perceived as but also grasps that this shape has a special--in fact transformative--[[unified]] [[wholesignificance]].
Such an ==See also==* [[imageImage]] is a * [[gestaltBody]] because it has an effect which none of its component parts have in isolation; this effect is to act as a "releasing mechanism" ([[French]]: ''dEclencheur'') which triggers certain [[instinct]]ual responses, such as reproductive behavior.<ref>{{S1}} p.121f</ref>
In other words, when an animal perceives a [[unified]] [[image]] of another member of its species, it responds in certan [[instinct]]ual ways.==References==<references/>
[[LacanCategory:Language]] gives many examples from [[ethologyCategory:Psychoanalysis]] of such [[instinctCategory:Concepts]]ual responses to [[imagesCategory:Terms]], but his main interest is in the way the [[gestaltCategory:Freudian psychology]] functions in [[humanCategory:Development]] beings.
For [[human]]s the [[body]] [[image]] is also a [[gestalt]] which produces [[instinct]]ual responses, especially [[sexual]] ones, but the [[power]] of the [[image]] is also more than merely [[instinct]]ual; it constitutes the essential captivating [[power]] of the [[specular iamge]] (see [[captation]]).
It is by [[identifying]] with the [[unified]] [[gestalt]] of the [[body]] [[image]] that the [[ego]] is constantly threatened by [[fear]]s of disintegration, which manifest themselves in [[image]]s of the [[fragmented body]]; these [[image]]s represent the opposite of the [[unified]] [[gestalt]] of the [[body]] [[image]].{{Les termes}}
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