Which of the Following Is a True Statement About the Gestalt

question 63

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a true statement about the Gestalt school of psychology led by Max Wertheimer?

• A) It was an offshoot of the school of functionalism.
• B) It proposed that we can best understand conscious experience through introspection.
• C) It focused on repressed subconscious influences on behaviour and personality development.
• D) It suggested that the whole of perception was more than the sum of its parts.

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