Question 1

​The Gestalt protest against Wundt's system focused on his ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​elementism
B)  denial of will
C)  notion of imageless thought​
D)  use of introspection
E)  determinismF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

​Perhaps the best known of the books written by the Gestalt psychologists,The Mentality of Apes,____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​was the result of the influence of Darwin's theory of evolution
B)  documented animals' purposeful behaviors to solve problems
C)  ​aided in the discovery of perceptual constancies
D)  is an example of the application of field theory to the behavior of monkeys
E)  demonstrates the influence of the functionalist school and its emphasis on adaptationF) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

​Concurrent with the rise of Gestalt psychology,the Zeitgeist in physics was embracing ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​positivism
B)  operationism
C)  ​phenomenology
D)  field theory
E)  topologyF) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

A major challenge Wundt and his associates failed to meet was the reduction of the phi phenomenon.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

​The Gestalt system was introduced to American scholars by ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Wertheimer
B)  Koffka
C)  ​Köhler
D)  Lewin
E)  von EhrenfelsF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

​The greatest stimulus for Gestalt psychology are Müller's Gestalt quälitaten.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

​Which of the following statements indicates how Gestalt psychology and behaviorism treated the study of consciousness?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Gestalt psychology rejected the existence of consciousness.Behaviorism accepted the study of consciousness and claimed it can be analyzed into stimulus-response associations.
B)  Both Gestalt psychology and behaviorism accepted the study of consciousness.However,Gestalt psychology did not believe that consciousness could be analyzed into mental elements whereas behaviorism accepted the possibility of analyzing consciousness into part processes.
C)  ​Both Gestalt psychology and behaviorism rejected the study of consciousness in psychology.
D)  Gestalt psychology accepted the study of consciousness but criticized the attempt to analyze it into elements.Behaviorism refused to acknowledge the existence of consciousness.
E)  None of the choices are correct.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

​How did Wertheimer explain the phi phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​He did not;he said it did not need explanation.
B)  He could not.
C)  ​He explained it in terms of the speed of the flashing of the lights.
D)  He described it in terms of the principle of proximity.
E)  He described it in terms of the principle of continuity.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 9

​The connection between certain aspects of Gestalt psychology and principles and terms of physics reflects ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Köhler's training in physics
B)  the impact of Bridgman's work on operationism
C)  ​a lack of alternative systems from which to draw vocabulary
D)  Lewin's topologies
E)  Wertheimer's fascination with stroboscopesF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

According to Gestalt psychology,perceptual organization is instantaneous.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

​The psychologist who most directly influenced the basic tenets of Gestalt psychology was Ebbinghaus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

​The unbiased description of immediate experience as it occurs is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​mediate experience
B)  an unarticulated insight
C)  ​a temporal form
D)  the phi phenomenon
E)  phenomenologyF) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

​Wertheimer's basic premise for productive thinking was that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​the whole problem must dominate the parts
B)  the learner must be given all the necessary tools for solving the problem
C)  ​rote learning is not learning;it is memorization
D)  the principles of solutions must be understood,not just situation-specific or problem-specific solutions
E)  both the whole problem must dominate the parts and the principles of solutions must be understood,not just situation-specific or problem-specific solutionsF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

​Some critics claim that the Gestalt psychologists were too occupied with research at the expense of theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Gestalt psychologists argued that reduction to the elements of experience ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​are products of reflection
B)  are products of abstraction
C)  ​are remote from immediate experience
D)  do not and cannot explain a perception
E)  All of the choices are correct.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 16

What was the central thrust or point of Max Wertheimer's book on productive thinking? What is productive thinking? Describe his approach to problem solving as well as his views on mechanical drill and rote learning.​

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Question 17

Describe the various contextual forces that interfered with Gestalt psychology's having a major impact in the United States.​

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Question 18

​The term field theory was applied to whose system?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Gestalt psychology's
B)  Wertheimer's
C)  ​Koffka's
D)  Köhler's
E)  Lewin'sF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

Although acclaimed for his work on static and stationary physical Gestalts,Koffka is better known for his work on insight learning.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Zeitgeist in physics at the time Gestalt psychology was founded was "fields of force."​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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