Based on the philosophy of Christian von Ehrenfels and Ernst Mach, it was founded by theorists at the University of Berlin such as Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler.
Based on the philosophy of Christian von Ehrenfels and Ernst Mach, it was founded by theorists at the University of Berlin such as Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler. Its fundamental principle is the law of prägnanz, that the mind structures information and memories based on associative organizations. Used to analyze and often associated with vision and optical illusion, its name comes for the German word for "unified collection". For ten points, what is this psychological theory founded by Max Wertheimer ("VIAR-timer") whose central idea is that the whole is more than the sum of the parts?
Based on the philosophy of Christian von Ehrenfels and Ernst Mach, it was founded by theorists at the University of Berlin such as Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler.
{Gestalt} theory