Homework answers / question archive / Question 1 0 / 1 pts Which kind of reinforcement did Wertheimer emphasize? You Answered   extrinsic Correct Answer   intrinsic    primary    secondary   Question 2 0 / 1 pts Learning according to the Gestalt point of view;    depends on a good, Gestalt-trained teacher You Answered   depends on active thinking by the learner    is controlled by environmental contingencies Correct Answer   requires both drive induction and reduction   Question 3 1 / 1 pts “Psychological organization will always be as good as the controlling circumstances allow” is a description of:    the law of perceptual simplicity Correct!   the law of Pragnanz    the principle of constancies    isomorphism   Question 4 1 / 1 pts Research on various aspects of-------------, however, has demonstrated that both S-R and Gestalt predictions fail under certain circumstances, and the matter is still unsettled

Question 1 0 / 1 pts Which kind of reinforcement did Wertheimer emphasize? You Answered   extrinsic Correct Answer   intrinsic    primary    secondary   Question 2 0 / 1 pts Learning according to the Gestalt point of view;    depends on a good, Gestalt-trained teacher You Answered   depends on active thinking by the learner    is controlled by environmental contingencies Correct Answer   requires both drive induction and reduction   Question 3 1 / 1 pts “Psychological organization will always be as good as the controlling circumstances allow” is a description of:    the law of perceptual simplicity Correct!   the law of Pragnanz    the principle of constancies    isomorphism   Question 4 1 / 1 pts Research on various aspects of-------------, however, has demonstrated that both S-R and Gestalt predictions fail under certain circumstances, and the matter is still unsettled

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Question 1

0 / 1 pts

Which kind of reinforcement did Wertheimer emphasize?

You Answered  

extrinsic

Correct Answer  

intrinsic

  

primary

  

secondary

 

Question 2

0 / 1 pts

Learning according to the Gestalt point of view;

  

depends on a good, Gestalt-trained teacher

You Answered  

depends on active thinking by the learner

  

is controlled by environmental contingencies

Correct Answer  

requires both drive induction and reduction

 

Question 3

1 / 1 pts

“Psychological organization will always be as good as the controlling circumstances allow” is a description of:

  

the law of perceptual simplicity

Correct!  

the law of Pragnanz

  

the principle of constancies

  

isomorphism

 

Question 4

1 / 1 pts

Research on various aspects of-------------, however, has demonstrated that both S-R and Gestalt predictions fail under certain circumstances, and the matter is still unsettled.

Correct!  

transposition

  

closure

  

proximity

  

simplicity

 

Question 5

1 / 1 pts

The Gestalt movement was launched when Wertheimer discovered:

  

the writings of Watson

  

Koffka and Kohler

Correct!  

the phi phenomenon

  

that perceptual phenomena can be reduced to simple elements

 

Question 6

1 / 1 pts

Gestalt is a German word meaning:

Correct!  

configuration

  

field

  

feeing

  

experience

 

Question 7

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Gestalt psychology can be thought of as an attempt to apply field theory from physics to the problems of psychology.

Correct!  

True

   

False

 

 

Question 8

1 / 1 pts

The Gestaltists followed in the ------------ tradition.

Correct!  

kantian

  

behaviorist

  

structuralist

  

voluntarist

 

Question 9

1 / 1 pts

For the Gestalt theorists, it is consciousness or objective reality that determines behavior. 

True

 Correct Answer  

False

 

 

Question 10

1 / 1 pts

Which of the following best describes what Wertheimer felt characterizes a true solution to a problem?

Correct!  

understanding

  

a correct response

  

knowing the elements making up a problem

  

the absence of emotional involvement