PSYB57H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gestalt Psychology, Solution Process, Face Validity

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Gestalt psychologists argue that consciousness is pieced together into a whole. The changing of an ambiguous bi-stable figure (from a stable figure to another) is a gestalt switch. Insight problems are those that we must consider different angles (restructuring) before we can solve it. It will typically give all information needed to solve it. Kohler studied the process of problem-solving in chimpanzees while marooned in. He studied sultan, who was placed in a cage with a short stick, with a long stick just out of reach and fruit outside the cage. He used the short stick to obtain the large stick and used the large stick to get the fruit. Sultan"s behaviour showed insight (understanding the parts of a situation relating to one another) Insight occurs spontaneously and involves perceptual restructuring of the situation. Insightful problem solving is all-or-nothing (you see the situation or you don"t) Wertheimer is considered the founder of gestalt psychology.