Gestalt & Insight Learning
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With reference to the 'Gestalt Insight Learning' theory proposed by Wolfgang Köhler based on his experiments with a chimpanzee named Sultan, which of the following characteristics most accurately defines the core nature of this theory?
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Wolfgang Köhler, a prominent pioneer of Gestalt psychology, proposed the 'Theory of Insight' through experiments conducted on chimpanzees. According to him, learning is not a mechanical or gradual process; rather, the organism uses its intellectual capacity to suddenly (Aha! Experience) or instantaneously perceive the entire problem area and solves the problem by mentally restructuring the complete situation.
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