The Gestalt Psychologists Believed That Breaking a "Whole" Perception into Its

question 64

Multiple Choice

The Gestalt psychologists believed that breaking a "whole" perception into its building blocks,as advocated by the structuralists,would result in the loss of ____.

• A)important psychological information
• B)fundamental intellect
• C)learned consciousness
• D)irrational behaviors

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