Gestalt Psychology

Question 1

It was the initial cognitive response to behaviorism.

Answer 1

Gestalt theory

Question 2

It emphasized the importance of sensory wholes and the dynamic nature of visual perception

Answer 2

Gestalt Theory

Question 3

The term gestalt means ?

Answer 3

“form” or “configuration.”

Question 4

Who are the Psychologists that studied perception and concluded that perceivers (or learners) are not passive, but rather active.

Answer 4

Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler and Kurt Koffka

Question 5

Who are the Psychologists that studied perception and concluded that perceivers (or learners) are not passive, but rather active.

Answer 5

Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler and Kurt Koffka

Question 6

They suggested that learners do not just collect information as is but they actively process and restructure data in order to understand it.

Answer 6

Gestalt Theory

Question 7

This is the perceptual process. Certain factors impact on this perceptual process. Factors like past experiences, needs, attitudes and one’s present situation can affect their perception.

Answer 7

Gestalt Theory

Question 8

According to the gestalt psychologists, the way we form our perceptions are guided by certain principles or laws. These principles or laws determine what we see or make of things or situation we meet.

Answer 8

Gestalt Principles

Question 9

Elements that are closer together will be perceived as a coherent object. On the left, there appears to be three columns, while on the right, there appears to be three horizontal rows. When objects we are perceiving are near each other, we perceive them as belonging together.

Answer 9

Law of Proximity

Question 10

Elements that look similar will be perceived as part of the same form. There seems to be a triangle in the square. We link similar elements together.

Answer 10

Law of Similarity

Question 11

We tend to fill the gaps or close” the figures we perceive. We enclose a space by completing a contour and ignoring gaps in the figure.

Answer 11

Law of Closure

Question 12

Individuals have the tendency to continue contours whenever the elements of the pattern establish an implied direction. People tend to draw a good continuous line.

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Law of Good Continuation

Question 13

The stimulus will be organized into as good a figure as possible. In this example, good refers to symmetry, simplicity and regularity. The figure is perceived as a square overlapping a triangle, not a combination of several complicated shapes. Based on our experiences with perception, we “expect” certain patterns and therefore perceive that expected pattern.

Answer 13

Law of Good Pragnanz

Question 14

It was first developed by Wolfgang Kohler in which he described experiments with apes where the apes could use boxes and sticks as tools to solve problems. In the box problem, a banana is attached to the top of a chimpanzee’s cage.

Answer 14

Insight learning

Question 15

The idea of insight learning was first developed by ?

Answer 15

Wolfgang Kohler

Question 16

Gestalt psychology adheres to the idea of learning taking place by ?

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Discovery learning

Question 17

In each of these problems the important aspect of learning was not reinforcement but the coordination of thinking to create new organizations of materials. Kohler referred to this behavior as??

Answer 17

insight learning or discovery learning.

Question 18

This could occur without reinforcement and once it occurs, no review, training or investigation necessary.

Answer 18

Insight learning

Question 19

The six gestalt principles not only influence perception, but they also impact on learning. Other psychologists like ______expounded on Gestalt psychology. His theory focusing on “life space adhered to gestalt psychology”.

Answer 19

Kurt Lewin

Question 20

It include his own motivation, attitudes, and feelings.

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Inner forces

Question 21

It may include the attitude and behavior of the teacher and classmates.

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Outer forces

Question 22

an Italian psychologist, writes about the relevance of gestalt psychology to education.

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Mario Polito

Question 23

He said that an individual has inner and outer forces that affect his perceptions and also his learning.

Answer 23

Kurt Lewin

Question 24

is focused on the experience of contact that occurs in the here and now. It considers with interest the life space of teachers as well as students.

Answer 24

Gestalt theory

Question 25

is conceived as a continuous organization and rearrangement of information according to needs, purposes, and meanings

Answer 25

Knowledge