Full Definition of SITE. 1. a: the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures (as a building, town, or monuments) b: a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building. 2.
The Whole is Other than the Sum of the Parts When the perceptual system forms a percept or gestalt, the whole thing has a reality of its own, independent of the parts. The Gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka made a famous statement about this: The whole is other than the sum of its parts. This statement is often translated to English as, The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
But Seligman isnât happy with just adding two more categories to his old theory. While the original theory is about maximizing happiness through the three factors, in PERMA, well-being is a multidimensional construct that is defined by its five components, with no single measure defining well-being by itself.