Gestalt & Insight Learning
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Under the 'Gestalt Learning Theory' or 'Insight Theory of Learning' propounded by Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Köhler, through a deep psychological analysis of Köhler's experiments on the chimpanzee named 'Sultan' and the concept of restructuring of the perceptual field, which of the following statements most authentically explains the essential and scientific characteristic of this learning process?
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According to Gestalt psychology, learning is not merely a mechanical or habit-formation process, but is based on the direct and sudden understanding of the overall form (Gestalt) of a situation. According to Köhler's experiments, 'insight' arises when the organism sees all the scattered elements of a problem connected in an overall pattern. For a detailed study of this theory, you can refer to the Wikipedia reference.
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