Chapter 9

Question 1

As described by von Ehrenfels, the overall quality of some entity

Answer 1

Form-quality

Question 2

Brentano’s position that psychology should be the study of mental acts, not mental contents; with the perception of some event, for example, one should not analyze it into its elements, but examine the act of perception (how the individual perceives the event and what thee vent means to the individual )

Answer 2

act psychology

Question 3

Phenomenon studied by Wertheimer in which stationary stimuli appear to move under certain circumstances.

Answer 3

apparent motion

Question 4

Wertheimer’s term for apparent motion, chosen to avoid the connotation that “apparent” motion was not really, but was illusory.

Answer 4

phi phenomenon

Question 5

Perceptual principles described by the gestaltists that summarize the ways in which sensory phenomena become organized into a whole meaningful figure.

Answer 5

gestalt organizing principles

Question 6

gestalt organizing principle stating that a fundamental perceptual tendency is to separate whole figures from their backgrounds.

Answer 6

figure-ground

Question 7

Gestalt organizing principle of perception, a tendency perceive that objects close together belong together.

Answer 7

proximity

Question 8

Gestalt organizing principle of perception, a tendency to perceive that objects resembling each other “belong” together.

Answer 8

similarity

Question 9

Gestalt organizing principle, a tendency to organize perceptions in a smoothly flowing direction.

Answer 9

good continuation

Question 10

Gestalt organizing principle of perception; a tendency for our perceptions to mirror reality as closely as possible

Answer 10

pragnanz

Question 11

Gestalt organizing principle, a tendency to fill in missing gaps in our perception to perceive whole figures.

Answer 11

Closure

Question 12

For the gestaltists, this referred to the environment as perceived, as contrasted with the physical environment

Answer 12

behavioral environment

Question 13

For the gestaltists this referred to the physical environment as contrasted with the environment as perceived.

Answer 13

Geographical environment

Question 14

For the gestaltists, a sudden problem solution that occurred when the individual reorganized the elements of the problem situation into a new configuration

Answer 14

insight