Gestalt psychology
A school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and…A school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology.
- (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
Synonyms
2 synonyms- (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties:configurationism
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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