When measuring incomitant deviations with prisms with each eye âfixing,â it is imperative to switch the prism to always be before the non-fixing eye. Otherwise the âfixingâ eye behind the prism will not truly be looking in the intended direction, and major measurement errors can occur.
Gestalt is a general description for the concepts that make unity and variety possible in design. It is a German word that roughly translates as whole or form.. Gestalt theory is involved with visual perception and the psychology of art among other things.
The basic principle of being a gestalt learner is experiencing the whole as greater than the sum of its parts. In other words, the whole (a picture, a car) carries a different and altogether greater meaning than its individual components (paint, canvas, brush; or tire, paint, metal, respectively).