Question 1

What is the Gestalt law of common fate?

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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:

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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.

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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:

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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.

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Question 6

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

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Question 7

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

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Question 8

Why did Communist ideologues consider psychology a useless science?

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Question 9

How did Nazism affect psychology as an academic discipline?

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Question 10

Transposition is the ability to forget unpleasant memories.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe three important features of insight-based learning.

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Question 12

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

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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:

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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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Mentality of Apes was written by:

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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?

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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?

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Question 18

Explain the Zeigarnik effect. Provide a contemporary example.

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Question 19

What is the Gestalt law of similarity?

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Question 20

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

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

Exam 9: The Paths of Gestalt Psychology