Question 1

According to the Gestaltists, what provides the learner with the motivation to solve a problem?

Accepted Answer

A) the orienting reflex 
B) cognitive disequilibrium 
C) an innate curiosity drive 
D) epistemological hunger 
A) the orienting reflex 
B) cognitive disequilibrium 
C) an innate curiosity drive 
D) epistemological hunger

Question 2

Which of the following constitutes the Gestaltist's explanation as to why we experience a partial circle as a complete circle?

Accepted Answer

A) our experience is dominated by the trace system of "circleness" 
B) unique events are remembered in terms of something familiar 
C) the process set up by the incomplete circle dominates the trace system related to circles 
D) we do not have a verbal label for incomplete circles so we simply call them "circles" 
A) our experience is dominated by the trace system of "circleness" 
B) unique events are remembered in terms of something familiar 
C) the process set up by the incomplete circle dominates the trace system related to circles 
D) we do not have a verbal label for incomplete circles so we simply call them "circles"

Question 3

Gestalt psychologists insist that the laws of organization apply:

Accepted Answer

A) only to perception 
B) only to learning 
C) only to insightful learning 
D) equally to perception, learning, and memory 
A) only to perception 
B) only to learning 
C) only to insightful learning 
D) equally to perception, learning, and memory

Question 4

The Gestalt movement was launched when Wertheimer discovered:

Accepted Answer

A) the writings of Watson 
B) Koffka and Kohler 
C) the phi phenomenon 
D) that perceptual phenomena can be reduced to simple elements 
A) the writings of Watson 
B) Koffka and Kohler 
C) the phi phenomenon 
D) that perceptual phenomena can be reduced to simple elements

Question 5

The Gestaltists linked the past with the present through their concept of:

Accepted Answer

A) insight 
B) transposition 
C) perceptual constancies 
D) memory trace 
A) insight 
B) transposition 
C) perceptual constancies 
D) memory trace

Question 6

The Zeigarnik effect is the tendency:

Accepted Answer

A) to remember incompleted tasks longer than completed ones 
B) to remember completed tasks longer than incompleted ones 
C) for the whole to be more than the sum of its parts 
D) for distortion to result from dissection 
A) to remember incompleted tasks longer than completed ones 
B) to remember completed tasks longer than incompleted ones 
C) for the whole to be more than the sum of its parts 
D) for distortion to result from dissection

Question 7

If a figure that has a gap in its boundary is presented briefly, the subject tends to perceive the figure with a closed boundary.This exemplifies the:

Accepted Answer

A) law of transposition 
B) principle of closure 
C) principle of proximity 
D) law of simplicity 
A) law of transposition 
B) principle of closure 
C) principle of proximity 
D) law of simplicity

Question 8

The Gestalt psychologists maintained that both the structuralists and the behaviorists made the same basic error in using a(n) approach.

Accepted Answer

A) holistic 
B) elementistic 
C) nativistic 
D) phenomenological 
A) holistic 
B) elementistic 
C) nativistic 
D) phenomenological

Question 9

Which of the following does not characterize insightful learning?

Accepted Answer

A) the transition from presolution to solution is sudden and complete 
B) it is easily applied to other problems 
C) it is usually preceded by thinking, i.e., cognitive hypothesis testing 
D) it is an incremental process 
A) the transition from presolution to solution is sudden and complete 
B) it is easily applied to other problems 
C) it is usually preceded by thinking, i.e., cognitive hypothesis testing 
D) it is an incremental process

Question 10

According to Lewin, the total number of "psychological facts" influencing a person at any given moment constitutes that person's:

Accepted Answer

A) habit family hierarchy 
B) trace system 
C) operant level 
D) life space 
A) habit family hierarchy 
B) trace system 
C) operant level 
D) life space

According to the Gestaltists, what provides the learner with the motivation to solve a problem?

Which of the following constitutes the Gestaltist's explanation as to why we experience a partial circle as a complete circle?

Gestalt psychologists insist that the laws of organization apply:

The Gestalt movement was launched when Wertheimer discovered:

The Gestaltists linked the past with the present through their concept of:

The Zeigarnik effect is the tendency:

If a figure that has a gap in its boundary is presented briefly, the subject tends to perceive the figure with a closed boundary.This exemplifies the:

The Gestalt psychologists maintained that both the structuralists and the behaviorists made the same basic error in using a(n) approach.

Which of the following does not characterize insightful learning?

According to Lewin, the total number of "psychological facts" influencing a person at any given moment constitutes that person's:

What Is Learning?

Approaches to the Study of Learning

Early Notions About Learning

Edward Lee Thorndike

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Clark Leonard Hull

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

Edwin Ray Guthrie

William Kaye Estes

Jean Piaget

Edward Chace Tolman

Albert Bandura

Donald Olding Hebb

Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology

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Exam 10: Gestalt Theory

According to the Gestaltists, what provides the learner with the motivation to solve a problem?

Which of the following constitutes the Gestaltist's explanation as to why we experience a partial circle as a complete circle?

Gestalt psychologists insist that the laws of organization apply:

The Gestalt movement was launched when Wertheimer discovered:

The Gestaltists linked the past with the present through their concept of:

The Zeigarnik effect is the tendency:

If a figure that has a gap in its boundary is presented briefly, the subject tends to perceive the figure with a closed boundary.This exemplifies the:

The Gestalt psychologists maintained that both the structuralists and the behaviorists made the same basic error in using a(n) approach.

Which of the following does not characterize insightful learning?

According to Lewin, the total number of "psychological facts" influencing a person at any given moment constitutes that person's:

What Is Learning?

Approaches to the Study of Learning

Early Notions About Learning

Edward Lee Thorndike

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Clark Leonard Hull

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

Edwin Ray Guthrie

William Kaye Estes

Jean Piaget

Edward Chace Tolman

Albert Bandura

Donald Olding Hebb

Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology

A Final Word

Filters