"that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany"
Gestalt psychology was a reaction to the reductionist approach of structuralism and emphasized the importance of the whole in perception and problem-solving.
"a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology"
"interpreted as 'pattern' or 'configuration'"
"organisms perceive entire patterns or configurations, not merely individual components"
"The view is sometimes summarized using the adage, 'the whole is more than the sum of its parts.'"
"Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka"
"...a theory of perception"
"Gestalt psychologists emphasize... a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology"
"...in Austria and Germany"
"gə-SHTA(H)LT, -STAHLT, -S(H)TAWLT, German: [ɡəˈʃtalt]"
"organisms perceive entire patterns or configurations"
"interpreted as 'pattern' or 'configuration'"
"Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka"
"Gestalt psychology was founded on works by Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka."
"a theory of perception"
"organisms perceive entire patterns or configurations"
"organisms perceive entire patterns or configurations, not merely individual components"
"...the whole is more than the sum of its parts."
"basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology"
"early twentieth century"