The school of brentano gestalt psychology has several

the School of Brentano. Gestalt psychology has several antecedents who contributed to Gestalt
School of Thought existence. These include the likes of Wolfgang Kohler- a phenomenologist,
Max Wertheimer- an experimenter with the phi phenomenon, and Kurt Koffka – focused on
perception interpretational learning, and hearing impairments (Yasnitsky, 2012).
Before World War II, Gestalt psychologists had taken over the most position in German
universities and as after some time they scattered as a result of World War to America where they
worked with the “like-minded” scholars to foster the theoretical framework of Gestalt
psychology (Hergenhahn & Henley, 2014, p.460). Gestalt psychology has influenced social
psychology with its concepts of perception such as the Festinger’s theory of cognitive resonance
stipulated by Kurt Lewin (Hergenhahn & Henley, 2014, p. 457). Gestalt psychology has
influenced the way we view things as well as the way we make our decisions. For instance, the
concepts of figure-ground relationships of proximity, similarity, closure, and inclusiveness, can

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enable individuals to have different perceptions of an object. Also, regarding learning, Gestalt
psychology has influenced how individuals solve problems through insightful thinking and
transposition (Hergenhahn & Henley, 2014, p.456). Last, in modern day gestalt psychology, Kurt
Lewin suggests that the concepts of Gestalt psychology have influenced conflict resolution and
motivation within life space(Wheeler, 2008).

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References
Hergenhahn, B. R., & Henley, T. B. (2014). Gestalt Psychology. In An Introduction to the
History of Psychology (7th ed., pp. 437–462). Belmont: Wadsworth: Cengage Learning.
Wheeler, L. (2008). Kurt Lewin. Social and Personality Psychology Compass , 2 , 1638–1650.
Yasnitsky, A. (2012). A history of cultural-historical Gestalt psychology: Vygotsky, Luria,
Koffka, Lewin, and others. Dubna Psychological Journal , 1 , 98–101.

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