Question 1

What is the Gestalt law of common fate?

Accepted Answer

we perceive elements with the same moving direction as a unit.

Question 2

According to Lewin, this is the tem standing for the totality of an individual's views of his psychological future and past:

Accepted Answer

A)  vector of motivation 
B)  aspiration 
C)  Gestalt memory 
D)  linear analysis 
E)  time perspective 
A)  vector of motivation 
B)  aspiration 
C)  Gestalt memory 
D)  linear analysis 
E)  time perspective E

Question 3

There are at least three identifiable stages in the history of Gestalt psychology. Name them.

Accepted Answer

studies of perception; research of memory, motivation and learning; research in applied fields.

Question 4

Zeigarnik applied Gestalt principles and Lewin's force field analysis to her study of:

Accepted Answer

A)  intelligence 
B)  mental illness 
C)  emotions 
D)  sleep 
E)  eating habits 
A)  intelligence 
B)  mental illness 
C)  emotions 
D)  sleep 
E)  eating habits

Question 5

Explain the level of aspiration, according to Lewin. Apply this concept to your behavior and experience.

Accepted Answer

The level of aspiration, according to ps

Question 6

According to Köhler, decision making, as a process involving a selection from alternatives, is about:

Accepted Answer

"grasping"

Question 7

The main postulate introduced first by Wertheimer was that what takes place in each single part:

Accepted Answer

already de

Question 8

Why did Communist ideologues consider psychology a useless science?

Accepted Answer

Communist ideologues, particularly durin

Question 9

How did Nazism affect psychology as an academic discipline?

Accepted Answer

Nazism had a significant impact on psych

Question 10

Transposition is the ability to forget unpleasant memories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe three important features of insight-based learning.

Accepted Answer

Insight-based learning is a form of lear

Question 12

Köhler maintained, contrary to Thorndike's assumptions, that the learning process:

Accepted Answer

A)  is very quick, almost instantaneous. 
B)  gradual, very slow 
C)  does not depend on reinforcement 
D)  can take place during sleep 
E)  is unconscious 
A)  is very quick, almost instantaneous. 
B)  gradual, very slow 
C)  does not depend on reinforcement 
D)  can take place during sleep 
E)  is unconscious

Question 13

If Wertheimer was a "pioneer" of Gestalt psychology, then Koffka was a:

Accepted Answer

A)  "slayer" 
B)  "secret agent" 
C)  "spokesperson" 
D)  "jealous guardian" 
E)  "wholesaler" 
A)  "slayer" 
B)  "secret agent" 
C)  "spokesperson" 
D)  "jealous guardian" 
E)  "wholesaler"

Question 14

Kurt Lewin's research career was transformed in 1933 when he had to return back to Germany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Mentality of Apes was written by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Edgar Rubin 
B)  Kurt Koffka 
C)  Wolfgang Köhler 
D)  Alfred Adler 
E)  Edward Thorndike 
A)  Edgar Rubin 
B)  Kurt Koffka 
C)  Wolfgang Köhler 
D)  Alfred Adler 
E)  Edward Thorndike

Question 16

In Gestalt psychology, this term stands for the ability of seeing into a situation, understanding its "inner" nature. This is also a sudden, intuitive perception or grasping of useful relations in a given situation. What is it?

Accepted Answer

A)  projection 
B)  sudden intelligence 
C)  insight 
D)  inner discovery 
E)  vector of truth 
A)  projection 
B)  sudden intelligence 
C)  insight 
D)  inner discovery 
E)  vector of truth

Question 17

Köhler identified at least three types of errors that appeared in experimental situations with chimpanzees. The first type was "good errors." What are they?

Accepted Answer

These are nearly correct solut

Question 18

Explain the Zeigarnik effect. Provide a contemporary example.

Accepted Answer

The Zeigarnik effect is a psychological

Question 19

What is the Gestalt law of similarity?

Accepted Answer

we perceive elements

Question 20

According to the official Soviet ideological doctrine, the only "true" scientific psychology was the one based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  behaviorism 
B)  Gestalt psychology 
C)  Freudian principles 
D)  Functionalism 
E)  Marxist principles 
A)  behaviorism 
B)  Gestalt psychology 
C)  Freudian principles 
D)  Functionalism 
E)  Marxist principles

What is the Gestalt law of common fate?

According to Lewin, this is the tem standing for the totality of an individual's views of his psychological future and past:

There are at least three identifiable stages in the history of Gestalt psychology. Name them.

Zeigarnik applied Gestalt principles and Lewin's force field analysis to her study of:

Explain the level of aspiration, according to Lewin. Apply this concept to your behavior and experience.

According to Köhler, decision making, as a process involving a selection from alternatives, is about:

The main postulate introduced first by Wertheimer was that what takes place in each single part:

Why did Communist ideologues consider psychology a useless science?

How did Nazism affect psychology as an academic discipline?

Transposition is the ability to forget unpleasant memories.

Describe three important features of insight-based learning.

Köhler maintained, contrary to Thorndike's assumptions, that the learning process:

If Wertheimer was a "pioneer" of Gestalt psychology, then Koffka was a:

Kurt Lewin's research career was transformed in 1933 when he had to return back to Germany.

The Mentality of Apes was written by:

In Gestalt psychology, this term stands for the ability of seeing into a situation, understanding its "inner" nature. This is also a sudden, intuitive perception or grasping of useful relations in a given situation. What is it?

Köhler identified at least three types of errors that appeared in experimental situations with chimpanzees. The first type was "good errors." What are they?

Explain the Zeigarnik effect. Provide a contemporary example.

What is the Gestalt law of similarity?

According to the official Soviet ideological doctrine, the only "true" scientific psychology was the one based on:

Understanding Psychologys History

Early Psychological Knowledge

Psychology During Mid-Millennium Transitions: the 15th to the End of the 18th Century

Psychology in the Laboratory

Psychology and the Mass Society at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Clinical Research and Psychology at the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th

The Birth and Development of the Behaviorist Tradition

The Birth and Development of Psychoanalysis

Theoretical and Applied Psychology After the Great War

Behaviorism and Psychoanalysis in the Mid-20th Century: Theoretical and Applied P

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Exam 9: The Paths of Gestalt Psychology

What is the Gestalt law of common fate?

According to Lewin, this is the tem standing for the totality of an individual's views of his psychological future and past:

There are at least three identifiable stages in the history of Gestalt psychology. Name them.

Zeigarnik applied Gestalt principles and Lewin's force field analysis to her study of:

Explain the level of aspiration, according to Lewin. Apply this concept to your behavior and experience.

According to Köhler, decision making, as a process involving a selection from alternatives, is about:

The main postulate introduced first by Wertheimer was that what takes place in each single part:

Why did Communist ideologues consider psychology a useless science?

How did Nazism affect psychology as an academic discipline?

Transposition is the ability to forget unpleasant memories.

Describe three important features of insight-based learning.

Köhler maintained, contrary to Thorndike's assumptions, that the learning process:

If Wertheimer was a "pioneer" of Gestalt psychology, then Koffka was a:

Kurt Lewin's research career was transformed in 1933 when he had to return back to Germany.

The Mentality of Apes was written by:

In Gestalt psychology, this term stands for the ability of seeing into a situation, understanding its "inner" nature. This is also a sudden, intuitive perception or grasping of useful relations in a given situation. What is it?

Köhler identified at least three types of errors that appeared in experimental situations with chimpanzees. The first type was "good errors." What are they?

Explain the Zeigarnik effect. Provide a contemporary example.

What is the Gestalt law of similarity?

According to the official Soviet ideological doctrine, the only "true" scientific psychology was the one based on:

Understanding Psychologys History

Early Psychological Knowledge

Psychology During Mid-Millennium Transitions: the 15th to the End of the 18th Century

Psychology in the Laboratory

Psychology and the Mass Society at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Clinical Research and Psychology at the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th

The Birth and Development of the Behaviorist Tradition

The Birth and Development of Psychoanalysis

Theoretical and Applied Psychology After the Great War

Behaviorism and Psychoanalysis in the Mid-20th Century: Theoretical and Applied P

Humanistic and Cognitive Psychology

Focusing on Contemporary Issues

Filters