Gestalt & Insight Learning
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Under the 'Gestalt Theory of Learning' or 'Insight Theory of Learning' propounded by Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Köhler, when conducting a micro-psychological and philosophical analysis of the experiments performed on the chimpanzee named Sultan, which of the following statements is most authentically and scientifically true regarding the fundamental characteristic of this theory and the learning process in comparison to Thorndike's 'Trial and Error Theory'?
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The literal meaning of Gestalt psychology is 'wholeness' or 'completeness'. Wolfgang Köhler proved through his experiments on the chimpanzee (Sultan) that an organism does not solve a problem mechanically, but rather through intellectual capacity and sudden mental analysis of the entire situation via 'insight'. This involves the reorganization of the perceptual field.
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