Gestalt Theories

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Gestalt Theories: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Concept of Gestalt and its Theories, Gestalt Theory by Max Wertheimer, Long Term Memory (LTM) in Gestalt Theories & Sign-Gestalt Theory etc.

Important Questions on Gestalt Theories

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Which type of declarative memory includes "knowing that"?

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Which of the following statement(s) regarding the declarative memory is/are correct?

A. Declarative memory has to do with the storage of facts, and events we have personally experienced.

B. These are entities that are thought of as being encoded symbolically and that this can be described with language.

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Which of the following principles of Gestalt psychology theory states that we will perceive elements arranged on a line or curve as related to each other?

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding cognitive psychology in Gestalt Theories?

A. Gestalt theory emphasises that the whole of anything is greater than its parts.

B. Gestalt psychologists emphasised our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the cognitive development in Gestalt Theory?

A. Areas of human development that involve thinking are usually associated with cognitive development.

B. Cognitive development is about change. Children’s thinking changes in dramatic and surprising ways. 

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the ' Cognitive Development as a Continuous Process in Gestalt Theories'?

A. Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking across the lifespan.

B. The key principles of gestalt systems are emergence, reification, multistability and invariance.

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Gestalt principles or laws refers to _____.

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According to the rule of similarity, items within a collection of objects are perceptually grouped together if they are similar to each other. This resemblance can take which of the following forms?

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the application of Gestalt Theory?

A. It is widely used in the design, psychotherapy, education, and teaching.

B. Perceiving objects that are similar to being part of a group or pattern.

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Who is not associated with Gestalt's Theory?

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Insight Theory is also called _____.

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Who has propounded the theory of insight?

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According to the law of _____, we are more likely to perceive smoothly flowing lines rather than choppy or jagged lines.

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Our tendency to perceive things as complete objects rather than as a series of parts is known as the principle of _____.

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According to the principle of _____, objects that occur close to one another tend to be grouped together.

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According to Tolman, the organism has a selective preference for the _____, for arriving at the goal.

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Tolman’s theory of learning is also known by:

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According to Tolman' Sign theory, the behaviour depends upon:

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Principle of sign learning theory in eLearning:

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Sign Theory of learning is given by: