Exam 14: Gestalt Psychology

The earliest Gestalt orientation of Max Wertheimer is found in the psychology of

Michael Wertheimer stated the radical Gestalt view that the whole is not equal to the sum of its parts, but

The expression life space refers to

According to Gestalt psychology, natural events, left to themselves,

Isolated or unusual items in a list are typically recalled better than homogeneous items. This has been called the

The Gestalt system advanced by Wertheimer was

According to the text

According to Kurt Lewin, which type of conflict occurs when an individual must choose between two objects both with negative valences?

Some of Wertheimer's views undoubtedly grew directly out of the physical theories set forth by

Isomorphism, in Gestalt psychology, refers to structural correspondence between _____ and_____.

In his book The Mentality of Apes, Köhler describes observing chimpanzees learning to solve a problem through

_____________ was the first person to use the term Gestalt to refer to the idea that "the whole is more than the sum of its parts."

Better recall for uncompleted compared with completed tasks came to be known as the

The Gestalt views on science are

Kurt Lewin viewed behavior as a function of

If one went to Max Wertheimer for advice about how to become a productive thinker, Wertheimer would most likely encourage the individual to

Which of the following is NOT one of the three original founders of Gestalt psychology?

Perceptual organization tends to be as good as it can under prevailing conditions. This is a statement of the

_______ preceded Wertheimer in arguing that there are form qualities given immediately in experience and That the form qualities may persist even when all the elements change.

The classic work on figure and ground was reported by