A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots. A psychologist studying this phenomenon is applying the principals of

The correct answer is Gestalt psychology

The term Gestalt, means form or configuration, but it is not widely used in Psychology because it does not match its meaning in this area specifically.

Gestalt Psychology is a coherent theory within the history of Psychology.

Developed by Chrinstiam von Ehrenfels, philosopher and psychologist, Gestalt Psychology studies the sensations (psychological data) of space-form and time-form (physical data).

The bases of this psychological theory were structured from these studies, which established the form and its perception, by Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler and Kurt Koffka.  

Gestalt theory studies the perception and sensation of movement, the psychological processes involved in the face of a stimulus and how it is perceived by the subject.

according to hess's theory, when the magma cooled, it would expand and push the tectonic plates apart. it would push the north and south america plates to the west and eurasia and africa ones to the east. the atlantic ocean would get wider but the coastlines of the masses would stay the same.

harry hammond hess was a geologist and a united states navy officer in the second world war. he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics. he is known for his theories on sea floor spreading, stating that the movement of the continents was the result of see floor spreading. the continents are attached to the plates and do not move separately. the plates themselves shift and change shape, carrying the continents along.

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