Chapter 5 Learning Theory of gestalt Psychology o 5.1 About Gestalt Psychology Gestalt is the german word for configuration or pattern. They believed that we experience the world in meaningful wholes. The whole is different than the sum of its parts(dissect is to distort). For instance, you cannot get the full impact of the Mona Lisa by looking at first one arm and then another. then the nose. then the mouth and then trying to put all these experiences together. Another example is listening to musicChapter 5 Learning Theory of Gestalt Psychology ⚫ 5.1 About Gestalt Psychology ⚫ Gestalt is the German word for configuration or pattern. They believed that we experience the world in meaningful wholes.The whole is different than the sum of its parts(dissect is to distort). For instance, you cannot get the full impact of the Mona Lisa by looking at first one arm and then another, then the nose, then the mouth and then trying to put all these experiences together.Another example is listening to music