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Gestalt psychology was developed in Germany in the early 1900s by Wolfgang Kohler [26] and was brought to America in the 1920s. The German word Gestalt is roughly equivalent to the English " emergence (of a form-as in the game pictionary , when all of a sudden one recognises what the person is trying to convey - the form and meaning "emerge ...
Wolfgang Köhler (21 January 1887 – 11 June 1967) was a German psychologist and phenomenologist who, like Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka, contributed to the creation of Gestalt psychology. During the Nazi regime in Germany , he protested against the dismissal of Jewish professors from universities, as well as the requirement that professors ...
Intelligenzprüfungen an Menschenaffen (literally translated: Intelligence tests on great apes) is a book by Wolfgang Köhler published in 1921. [1] The English version called "The Mentality of Apes", translated by Ella Winter, was published in 1925. [2] With the book Köhler showed that chimpanzees could solve problems by insight. [1]
Witkin was born on August 2, 1916, in New York City. He enrolled in Cornell University but transferred to New York University where he received a BA in biology. He continued at NYU where he earned a master's degree while studying behavior. He earned a doctorate in psychology and worked with gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Kohler.
Max Wertheimer (April 15, 1880 – October 12, 1943) was a psychologist who was one of the three founders of Gestalt psychology, along with Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Köhler. He is known for his book, Productive Thinking , and for conceiving the phi phenomenon as part of his work in Gestalt psychology.
Kurt Koffka (March 12, 1886 – November 22, 1941) was a German psychologist and professor.He was born and educated in Berlin, Germany; he died in Northampton, Massachusetts, from coronary thrombosis.
German American psychologist Wolfgang Köhler referred to Uznadze's experiment in a 1929 book [7] which showed two forms and asked readers which shape was called "takete" and which was called "maluma". Although he does not say so outright, Köhler implies that there is a strong preference to pair the jagged shape with "takete" and the rounded ...
Rudolf Arnheim (July 15, 1904 – June 9, 2007) was a German-born writer, art and film theorist, and perceptual psychologist. He learned Gestalt psychology from studying under Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler at the University of Berlin and applied it to art.