PSYB57H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Three Rings, Prefrontal Cortex, General Problem Solver
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Insight problems and the gestalt theory of thinking. Gestalt psychologists argue that consciousness tends to be organized as a whole. Gestalt switch: a sudden change in the way information is organized (shown in the picture of the blue/gold dress sometimes we perceive the dress to be blue and other time we perceive it to be gold) Insight problem: a problem that we must look at from a different angle before we can see how to solve it (putting yourself in someone else"s shoes before you assume things/cause an argument) Kohler used the ape named sultan for his experiments on testing intelligence: he was put into a cage with fruit outside of it and a short stick nearby and a longer one outside of the cage. When it comes to insightful problem-solving is considered all-or-nothing. Either you see the solution or you don"t. Wertheimer is often considered the founder of gestalt psychology made a book called.
