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Tell me – and I’ll forget, show me – and I’ll remember, let me do it – and I’ll understand. ” The book “Delegation and Management” Confucius (representative of ancient Chinese philosophy).<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Most perceive psychology as a complex of phenomena from life. Although, on the other hand, it is a system of proven knowledge, it solves various practical and purely scientific problems. In the 16th century, for the first time, “psychology” was mentioned, as a field that deals with the study of phenomena from the mental and psychic aspects. In the 17-19th centuries, the field of research has grown considerably and included the processes of the unconscious level. And already from the 19th century, psychology is the experimental sphere of scientific knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gestalt psychology – what is it?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Gestalt psychology is a direction in psychology that arose during the crisis period in science (1920). Founder – M. Wertheimer, work on the idea was continued by K. Levin, V. Keller and K. Koffka. Gestalt psychology originated in Germany and became a kind of objection to the program developed by Wundt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The visual consciousness of a person was studied. Relying on the obtained results, they deduced a new unit of “gestalt” (gestalt in psychology is a unitary form). Its essence is that people tend to understand the surrounding world as a coherent whole structure, and not every element individually.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supporters of Gestalt psychology denied the effectiveness of structural psychology (consciousness is divided into blocks) and everything that it focuses on. They have even formulated a kind of law, which states that “the whole, in any case, is greater than the totality of its constituent elements”.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Wikipedia, initially, the subject of Gestalt psychology was a phenomenal field. In the future, the subject matter has seriously expanded: questions have been raised about the problems of mental development, the spread of the needs of individuals, memory and extraordinary thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

The emergence and development of the Gestalt psychology school<\/b><\/h2>\n

Gestalt psychology originated after carrying out one very important experiment by Max Wertheimer called “fi-phenomenon.” The essence of the study: using a tachistoscope and a strobe, the scientist observed two straight lines (stimulating substances) of the participants, transferring them to different speeds. So, he found out that:<\/span><\/p>\n