GESTALT APPROACH Flashcards
(35 cards)
Is grouping objects that are close together as being part of same group
Proximity
happens when objects in similar appreace are perceived as being part of the same group.
Similarity
happens when objects that form a continuous form are perceived as the same group
Continuity
happens when we fill gaps in if we can recognize it.
Closure
It believes that we cannot fully understand behavior when we only break phenomena down into smaller parts.
Gestalt Psychology
states that we best understand psychological phenomena when we view them as organized, structure wholes.
Gestalt Psychology
is the identification and selection of solutions to the problem.
Problem solving
• It is goal-oriented and rational and requires a clear well-defined goal.
Directed Thinking
• These are meanders and plays a role in creativity and poorly-
defined problems.
Undirected Thinking
2 types of problem solving
- Directed Thinking
- Undirected Thinking
Different Kinds of Problems
- Well-defined problems
- Ill-defined problems
• The following are made clear: goal state, initial state, subgoals, and problem space.
Well-defined Problems
• The following are made clear: goal state, initial state, and subgoals. However, the problem space is often left unsaid.
Ill-defined Problems
APPROACHES IN GESTALT
- Reproductive Thinking
- Productive Thinking
• It is following a sequence known to produce a workable answer.
Reproductive Thinking
• This includes insight and creativity to come up with a new answer.
Productive Thinking
It is following a sequence known to produce a workable answer.
Reproductive Thinking
It is when an organism readily reproduces the response to the given problem from past experience.
Reproductive Thinking
Solving fixed problems, requires schemas, through which one
can get to the solution step by step.
Reproductive Thinking
This includes insight and creativity to come up with a new answer.
Productive Thinking
It requires something new and different to achieve the goal where prior learning is of little help.
Productive Thinking
The person has to restructure a problem to gain an insight.
Productive Thinking
• It is analysing the problem domain according to different dimensions, i.e., changing from one representation to another,
results in arriving at a new understanding of a problem.
Restructuring
• It is a sudden realization that the new restructured representation is related to the solution.
Insight