Gestalt Psychology

Gestalt

Main article: Gestalt psychology

 According to Wolfgang Kohler, Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka co-founded the school of Gestalt psychology. This approach is based upon the idea that individuals experience things as unified wholes. This approach to psychology began in Germany and Austria during the late 19th century in response to the molecular approach of structuralism. Rather than breaking down thoughts and behavior to their smallest element, the Gestalt position maintains that the whole of experience is important, and the whole is different than the sum of its parts.

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According            : menurut                            different              : perbedaan

Important           : penting                              century                : abad

Experience         : pengalaman

QUESTION

1. What is the gesalt approach?
2. Where this approach begin?
3. Why this approach used in psychology?