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GESTALTISM [1 record]

Record 1 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Personality Development
DEF

A viewpoint, ... that considered introspection and behaviorism too atomistic and emphasized the importance of configuration in perception and insight in learning.

OBS

Learning was regarded by the Gestaltists, not as associations between stimuli and responses (as the behaviorists maintained), but as a restructuring or reorganizing of the whole situation, often involving insight as a critical feature ...

OBS

Form psychology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Comportement humain
  • Développement de la personnalité
DEF

Théorie fondant la psychologie sur la notion de structure, envisagée comme un tout significatif de relations entre les stimulus et les réponses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Desarrollo de la personalidad
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