单词 | Prägnanz |
释义 | ‖ Prägnanz Psychol.|ˈprɛgnants| [G., = conciseness, definiteness: orig. used in this sense by M. Wertheimer 1923, in Psychol. Forschung IV. 317.] The tendency, noticed in experiments with Gestalts, for configurations to be given their most concise and clearly definable interpretations.
1925Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. XXXVI. 359 How the configuration conforms to laws of simplicity, pregnancy or precision (Prägnanz), symmetry and the like. 1935K. Koffka Princ. Gestalt Psychol. iv. 110 The principle was introduced by Wertheimer, who called it the Law of Prägnanz. 1938Mind XLVII. 91 In this connection the criticism of Gestalt, and particularly of the Law of Prägnanz, implicit in certain experiments carried out by Thouless is very relevant. 1963J. Mann Frontiers of Psychol. iv. 131 The basic nature of human data-receiving and processing equipment, which organizes perceptual data without the conscious awareness of consent of the perceiver. An example of such a tendency is the law of Prägnanz. 1971Sci. Amer. Dec. 70/2 It should be evident by now that some principle of Prägnanz, or minimum complexity, runs as a common thread through most of the cases. |

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