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This is the principle or organization, where the the overall device is able to do things that the components would not be able to achieve by themselves.
A human is such, as is a watch or a motor car.
A human has many sub-components, brain, skeleton, liver, blood and so on, each of which contributes to the total ability.
A bulldozer has a main motor, an efficient propulsion system, various hydraulic and electrical systems and so on. All of which make the whole machine very effective.
This applies in social organizations such as a business or a church or a sports club as well.
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Did Aristotle quote the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?
Close. "The whole is more than the sum of its parts."
The sum is greater than the parts it is made of?
Shouldn't be...
What word describes the phrase greater than the sum of its parts?
Synergy.
Are characteristics of an entire system that are greater than the sum of its parts?
emergent properties
What is the word that means the sum of parts is greater than whole?
Synergy, possibly.
Did Aristotle quote the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?
Close. "The whole is more than the sum of its parts."
The sum is greater than the parts it is made of?
Shouldn't be...
Which quote can be best attributed to gestalt psychology: "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"?
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is a quote that can be best attributed to gestalt psychology.
What is the name of the theory that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts?
synergy.
What word describes the phrase greater than the sum of its parts?
Synergy.
Are characteristics of an entire system that are greater than the sum of its parts?
emergent properties
What is the word that means the sum of parts is greater than whole?
Synergy, possibly.
The whole is equal to more than the sum of its parts is termed what?
This concept is known as synergy, where the combined effect of the parts working together is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
The whole is greater than the sum of the part?
It is a saying to describe synergy. Mathematically, though, the whole is equal to the sum of the parts - not more nor less.
Which approach to psychology would be apt to say the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?
structuralist.
What perspective says the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?
It is the concept of synergy which is not really a mathematical concept.
Gestalt Psychology?
a branch of psychology believing that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts", studies perceptions and against dividing into discrete parts.
