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- | [[:glossary#gestalt|Gestalt]] psychology was first introduced in 1912 by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wertheimer|Max Wertheimer]], a German psychologist, when he published a paper on optical illusion called //apparent motion//. In the paper he analyzed the illusion occurring when a series of static images is perceived as movement, just like films. The assumption that **whole is more than just sum of its parts** is the basic principle of gestalt psychology. | + | [[:glossary#gestalt|Gestalt]] psychology was first introduced in 1912 by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wertheimer|Max Wertheimer]](([[http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/gestalt.html|Boeree, George. Gestalt Psychology.]])), a German psychologist, when he published a paper on optical illusion called //apparent motion//. In the paper he analyzed the illusion occurring when a series of static images is perceived as movement, just like films. The assumption that **whole is more than just sum of its parts** is the basic principle of gestalt psychology. |
===== What is gestalt psychology? ===== | ===== What is gestalt psychology? ===== | ||
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* **denying** the basic scientific approach of understanding a **whole as a set of its parts**. | * **denying** the basic scientific approach of understanding a **whole as a set of its parts**. | ||
- | Gestalt theory has inspired psychologist like [[http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/lewin.htm|Kurt Lewin]] or [[http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~duchan/history_subpages/kurtgoldstein.html|Kurt Goldstein]], who introduced it in other aspects of psychology. | + | Gestalt theory has inspired psychologist like [[http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/lewin.htm|Kurt Lewin]] or [[http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~duchan/history_subpages/kurtgoldstein.html|Kurt Goldstein]], who introduced it in other aspects of psychology. Gestalt views also inspired later [[learning_paradigms:cognitivism#learning_theories|cognitivist theories]]. |
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+ | [[http://books.google.hr/books?id=cLnqI3dvi4kC|Koffka, Kurt. Principles of Gestalt Psychology. Routledge, 1999.]] | ||
[[http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Koffka/Perception/perception.htm|Koffka, K. Perception: An introduction to the Gestalt-theory. Psychological Bulletin, 19, 531-585. 1922.]] | [[http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Koffka/Perception/perception.htm|Koffka, K. Perception: An introduction to the Gestalt-theory. Psychological Bulletin, 19, 531-585. 1922.]] | ||
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Wertheimer, M. A source book of Gestalt psychology. Hartcourt, Brace and Co, New York, 1938. | Wertheimer, M. A source book of Gestalt psychology. Hartcourt, Brace and Co, New York, 1938. | ||
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+ | [[http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2011-03201-004&site=ehost-live| Weibler J, Rohn-Endres S. Learning conversation and shared network leadership: Development, Gestalt, and consequences. Journal Of Personnel Psychology,9(4),181-194. 2010.]] | ||
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+ | [[http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=14511516&site=ehost-live| Prodöhl C, Würtz R, von der Malsburg C. Learning the Gestalt rule of collinearity from object motion. Neural Computation, 15(8), 1865-1896. 2003.]] |