Exam 12: Gestalt Psychology

Fritz Perls's Gestalt therapy is

What does dealing with an issue by "going from above down" mean in Gestalt psychology?

The proposal that correlated events in the brain have Gestalt characteristics similar to those of the percepts they accompany is known as

What is a Gestalt quality?

Did classical Gestalt theory hold that the whole is more than the sum of its parts?

The qualities of parts of a whole are, according to Gestalt theory, determined by

Contrast going "from above down" with going "from below up."

The law of Prägnanz states that figure is the focus of consciousness, and ground is the field.

Katz's work on color perception and Rubin's on figure and ground were examples of

A fundamental tenet of Gestalt theory is opposition to the idea of relational determination.

According to the Gestalt theorists, the nature of things that are connected affects their connection.

What, according to the Gestaltists, determines the qualities of parts of a whole?

Fritz Perls's Gestalt therapy is a direct outgrowth of classical Gestalt psychology.

What is the relationship between Fritz Perls's Gestalt therapy and classical Gestalt theory?

Tolman's theory of learning used the idea of

The phi phenomenon refers to insight into the phenomena of productive thinking.

Did Köhler's chimpanzees solve the problems he set for them by blind trial and error?

The Gestalt perspective was extended to

What, according to the Gestalt theorists, is insight, and what role does it play in productive thinking?

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