PSYC 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Bluma Zeigarnik, Solomon Asch, Scientific Method
29 Mar 2017
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Used the term gestalt when defining the whole as more than the sum of its parts: Productive thinking: which is marked by insight and genuine comprehension, we perceive wholes in the world: The wholes are organized according to principles of perceptual organization such as: These processes contribute to the law of pr gnanz: Stated that perceptual organization tends to be as good as possible under prevailing conditions: the gestalt psychologists viewed learning in nonbehavioristic terms: K hler"s research on transposition suggested that pigeons learn the configuration or relationship between stimuli (e. g. , darker than ) instead of absolute stimulus values: k hler, conducted numerous studies of insight in primates: The notion of insight challenges behavioral perspectives of learning: applied gestalt principles to human development: Argued that much of early learning is sensorimotor learning: Beyond sensorimotor learning, children may learn through imitation. The highest type of learning for koffka is ideational learning: a type of learning that uses language.
