Ch 12 (Exam 2)

Question 1

Gestalt psychology

Answer 1

• school based on belief that whole is different than sum of its parts

Question 2

Phi phenomenon

Answer 2

• illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession
• Max Wertheimer

Question 3

Max Wertheimer

Answer 3

• co-founder of Gestalt psych
• wrote seminal paper about phi phenomenon marking start of school

Question 4

Kurt Koffka

Answer 4

• co-founder of Gestalt psych
• wrote paper leading to misconception in America that school was about perception only

Question 5

Wolfgang Kohler

Answer 5

• co-founder of Gestalt psych
• famous for research on insightful learning in chimps

Question 6

perceptual constancy

Answer 6

• perception of whole remains intact despite fluctuating sensory info from it
• key concept in Gestalt psych

Question 7

insightful learning

Answer 7

• sudden ability to solve problem after perceiving relations among its parts
• Wolfgang Kohler

Question 8

isomorphism

Answer 8

• conscious experience is like a map of the underlying brain experience
• key concept in Gestalt psych