Gestalt & Insight Learning
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With reference to 'Cognitive Theories of Learning', which of the following two major components or factors are included under the terminology 'Life Space' ($LSp$) used in the 'Field Theory' propounded by Gestalt psychologist Kurt Lewin, which determine a person's psychological environment at a specific time?
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According to Kurt Lewin's Field Theory, human behavior is a function of his 'Life Space', which is expressed as the formula $B = f(P, E)$. Here 'P' stands for Person and 'E' stands for his psychological Environment. Life space includes all those facts that influence a person's life at a given time. Therefore, option B is the most precise and correct answer to this question.
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