Gestalt & Insight Learning
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In the context of the 'Gestalt Theory of Learning', which of the following psychological conditions is considered most decisive for the sudden emergence of 'Insight' in 'Insight Learning' propounded by Max Wertheimer, Kohler, and Koffka?
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According to Gestaltists (especially Kohler's experiments on chimpanzees), 'insight' or intuition emerges suddenly when the learner views scattered circumstances or different parts of a problem not separately, but as a whole (Gestalt). Unlike Thorndike's trial and error theory, this is based on cognitive restructuring, where the entire field of the problem becomes clear at a single glance.
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