Gestalt & Insight Learning
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In the context of 'Domains of Learning and Teaching-Learning Process', under the 'Insight Theory of Learning' propounded by Gestalt psychologists Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Köhler, what is the decisive mental turning point in Köhler's experiments on his chimpanzee 'Sultan' called, where the fragmented elements of a problem suddenly organize into a well-structured whole (Gestalt) and the solution abruptly appears?
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Correct Answer: B
According to Gestalt psychology, learning is not merely the result of 'Trial and Error', but is based on the sudden comprehension of the total configuration of a situation.
In Köhler's experiment, when Sultan joined the sticks together to retrieve the banana, it was not a gradual or random attempt, but the result of sudden Cognitive Restructuring and the 'Aha!' Experience in the brain, where all the components of the problem integrated into a holistic Gestalt.
- Option A refers to Thorndike's connectionism theory.
- Option B accurately describes the sudden flash of insight in Gestalt theory.
- Options C and D are standard distractor concepts not aligned with Köhler's insight learning.
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