Gestalt Psychology—Questions

1.  What is the phi phenomenon?   Why is Wertheimer's interpretation of this phenomenon                important?

2. What are the basic premises of Gestalt psychology?  In what ways was the Gestalt movement a     reaction to Wundt?

3   How did physics influence Gestalt psychology?

4.   How did Wolfgang Kohler react to the Nazi regime? What impact did this have on       psychology in Germany?

5.   How did the social and political climate of the 1930s and 40s impact on Gestalt psychology? What was the fate of Gestalt psychology once it was imported to the United States? Why?