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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 ...
In Gestalt theory, information is perceived as wholes rather than disparate parts which are then processed summatively. As used in Gestalt psychology, the German word Gestalt ( / ɡ ə ˈ ʃ t æ l t , - ˈ ʃ t ɑː l t / gə- SHTA(H)LT , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] German: [ɡəˈʃtalt] ⓘ ; meaning "form" [ 6 ] ) is interpreted as "pattern" or ...
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 ...
Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy (GTP) is a method of psychotherapy based strictly on Gestalt psychology.Its origins go back to the 1920s when Gestalt psychology founder Max Wertheimer, Kurt Lewin and their colleagues and students started to apply the holistic and systems theoretical Gestalt psychology concepts in the field of psychopathology and clinical psychology.
After the war, he further advanced his Gestalt theory in collaboration with Wolfgang Kohler, Kurt Koffka, and others through the Weimar years. He left Frankfurt from 1916 to 1929 to work at the Berlin Psychological Institute. He gave lectures and pursued his research on perception and gestalt in the University of Berlin.
Sultan, one of the brightest of the early chimpanzees used for psychological research, was tested by Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Köhler. Sultan is particularly recognized for his insight in solving numerous problems, including stacking or manipulating boxes to reach a reward and use of two sticks as a unit to rake food to a reachable distance.
Stumpf was the chair of the institute for 26 years. He was succeeded by Wolfgang Köhler. [4] Stumpf influenced his pupils [6] such as Wertheimer, Koffka, Köhler, and Kurt Lewin, and these contributed to the school's development. [7] Lewin, for instance, developed a set of models and ideas linked to change management theory and practice. [8]
The publication is said to have further influenced Clark Hull in the development of his theory of learning. [ 4 ] In recognition of Köhler's contributions, the Tenerife station has been memorialised [ 11 ] and the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Centre (WKPRC) in Leipzig has been established to promote research on non-human primates.