Question 1

For Koffka,the ____ environment constituted the physical environment and the ____ environment constituted subjective reality.

Accepted Answer

A)  geographical;behavioral
B)  behavioral;geographical
C)  neurophysiological;behavioral
D)  transposed;geographical

Question 2

For Kant and the Gestaltists,looking for one-to-one correspondence between sensory experience and conscious experience is doomed to failure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Mach demonstrated that:

Accepted Answer

A)  there was a one-to-one correspondence between an environmental stimulus and the mental event it created
B)  perception was independent of any particular cluster of sensory elements
C)  psychology could never be a true science
D)  only overt behavior could be studied objectively

Question 4

According to the Gestaltists,what governs brain activity is:

Accepted Answer

A)  innate
B)  learned
C)  the invariant dynamics that govern all physical systems
D)  very much like the animal spirits described by Descartes

Question 5

The ____ asserts that all cognitive experiences will tend to be as organized,symmetrical,simple,and regular as they can be,given the pattern of brain activity at any given moment.

Accepted Answer

A)  principle of inclusiveness
B)  law of Prägnanz
C)  constancy hypothesis
D)  principle of continuity

Question 6

Because of the principle of ____,incomplete figures are seen as complete.

Accepted Answer

A)  continuity
B)  inclusiveness
C)  closure
D)  proximity

Question 7

Koffka believed that each environmental event we experienced gave rise to specific activity in the brain that he called ____,and a remnant of this is called a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a memory process;memory trace
B)  a memory trace;memory process
C)  a memory process;trace system
D)  memory engram;trace system

Question 8

The tendency to remember uncompleted tasks better than completed tasks has been called the Zeigarnik effect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The person can change figure and ground in a situation by changing the focus of attention.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Köhler criticized the representation of intelligence as an IQ score because:

Accepted Answer

A)  doing so obscured important differences among mental abilities
B)  doing so confused precise measurement with an understanding of what was being measured
C)  such scores did not satisfactorily correlate with success in school
D)  doing so obscured important differences among mental abilities and confused precise measurement with an understanding of what was being measured

Question 11

According to Koffka,as adults,most of our conscious experiences are determined by:

Accepted Answer

A)  memory processes
B)  memory traces
C)  trace systems
D)  an interaction between memory processes and memory traces or trace systems

Question 12

The "phi phenomenon" investigated by Wertheimer was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the observation of simultaneous sounds as one
B)  the observation of different colors when observing a spinning series of lines
C)  the observation of apparent movement
D)  the observation of flashing lights as one light

Question 13

Köhler used so-called detour problems to study learning processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Gestalt psychology's version of the transfer of training was called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the identical-elements theory of transfer
B)  the law of Prägnanz
C)  transposition
D)  the constancy hypothesis

Question 15

Lewin called such intentions as wanting a car,wanting to go to college,or wanting to go to a party:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychological needs
B)  quasi-needs
C)  Zeigarnik needs
D)  both psychological needs and quasi-needs

Question 16

For Koffka,the behavioral environment is our objective physical environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

While studying learning at Tenerife,Köhler's research subjects were

Accepted Answer

A)  humans
B)  chimpanzees
C)  gorillas
D)  bonobos

Question 18

According to Köhler,patterns of brain activity and patterns of conscious experience are always structurally equivalent.This described the Gestalt concept of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the law of Prägnanz
B)  the constancy principle
C)  unconscious inference
D)  psychophysical isomorphism

Question 19

According to Lewin,a person's ____ consisted of all of the influences acting upon him or her at a given time.

Accepted Answer

A)  apperceptive mass
B)  essence
C)  life space
D)  hodological space

Question 20

Lewin was the first to investigate conflict experimentally and described several types of conflicts - which one of the following is not one of the conflicts addressed in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  approach - approach conflict
B)  avoidance - avoidance conflict
C)  double approach - avoidance conflict
D)  approach - avoidance conflict

Exam 14: Gesalt Psychology

For Kant and the Gestaltists,looking for one-to-one correspondence between sensory experience and conscious experience is doomed to failure.

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For Koffka,the behavioral environment is our objective physical environment.

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Lewin was the first to investigate conflict experimentally and described several types of conflicts - which one of the following is not one of the conflicts addressed in the text?

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The tendency to remember uncompleted tasks better than completed tasks has been called the Zeigarnik effect.

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Lewin called such intentions as wanting a car,wanting to go to college,or wanting to go to a party:

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For Koffka,the ____ environment constituted the physical environment and the ____ environment constituted subjective reality.

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Mach demonstrated that:

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Köhler used so-called detour problems to study learning processes.

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According to Köhler,patterns of brain activity and patterns of conscious experience are always structurally equivalent.This described the Gestalt concept of:

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According to Koffka,as adults,most of our conscious experiences are determined by:

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The ____ asserts that all cognitive experiences will tend to be as organized,symmetrical,simple,and regular as they can be,given the pattern of brain activity at any given moment.

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The person can change figure and ground in a situation by changing the focus of attention.

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Because of the principle of ____,incomplete figures are seen as complete.

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According to the Gestaltists,what governs brain activity is:

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Köhler criticized the representation of intelligence as an IQ score because:

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While studying learning at Tenerife,Köhler's research subjects were

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Koffka believed that each environmental event we experienced gave rise to specific activity in the brain that he called ____,and a remnant of this is called a ____.

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According to Lewin,a person's ____ consisted of all of the influences acting upon him or her at a given time.

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The "phi phenomenon" investigated by Wertheimer was:

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Gestalt psychology's version of the transfer of training was called:

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