PSY230H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Gestalt Psychology, Personal Construct Theory, Field Dependence
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7 cognitive ad social-cognitive aspects of personality summary. Gestalt psychology: an approach to psychology that emphasizes the integrative and active nature of perception and thought suggesting that the whole may be greater than the sum of the parts. Central ideas are that humans seek meaning in their environments, we organize the sensations perceived into meaningful perceptions, and that complex stimuli are not reducible to the sum of the parts. Gestalt: german word for pattern or configuration. Field theory: kurt lewin"s approach to personality, suggesting that behaviour is determined by complex interactions among a person"s internal psychological structure, the forces of the external environment, and the structural relationships between the person and the environment. Life space: all the internal and external forces that act on an individual. Contemporaneous causation: concept that behaviour is caused at the moment of its occurrence by all the influences that are present in the individual at that moment.
