​The Gestalt Psychologists Initially Chose to Focus on Perception ____

question 81

Multiple Choice

​The Gestalt psychologists initially chose to focus on perception ____.

• A)​to challenge Wundtian psychology directly
• B)because research on insight was dependent on vision
• C)​in order to confront the inadequacies of introspection directly
• D)because isomorphism was not applicable to learning
• E)because Gestalt principles of organization applied only to the narrow fields of sensation and perception

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