PSY 3121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Christian Von Ehrenfels, Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka
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Believes that our perception goes beyond the sensory elements, the basic physical data provided to the sense organs. The basis is the focus on the wholeness of perception. Found in the works of immanuel kant who argued that what we perceive are called. Objects but that are mental states composed of pieces. These elements are organized not through association. Perception is not a passive impression and combination of sensory elements but an active organization of sensory elements. The mind gives shape to raw data of perception. Franz brentano proposed that psychology study the act of experiencing. Ernst mach discussed spatial patterns and considered them to be sensations which were independent of the individual elements. Our perception of an object does not change even if we change our orientation to it. Christian von ehrenfels proposed qualities of experience cannot be explained as combinations of sensory elements. Form itself is an element created by the mind operating on the sensory elements.
