“There are still psychologists who, in a basic misunderstanding, think that gestalt theory tends to underestimate the role of past experience. Gestalt theory tries to differentiate between and-summative aggregates, on the one hand, and gestalten, structures, on the other, both in sub-wholes and in the total field, and to develop appropriate scientific tools for investigating the latter.” ThinkingTryingStillsHandsPastRolesFieldsTheoryToolsStructureAppropriateLatterUnderestimateMisunderstandingPsychologistDifferentiateInvestigatingPast ExperiencesGestalt Author:Max Wertheimer
“It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach in piecemeal terms, through blind connections, is or is not adequate to interpret actual thought processes and the role of the past experience as well. Past experience has to be considered thoroughly, but it is ambiguous in itself; so long as it is taken in piecemeal, blind terms it is not the magic key to solve all problems.” WellsLongProblemPastProcessTermRolesCasesTakenMagicKeysApproachConnectionsBlindSolveApplicationUnderestimateAdequateAmbiguousDogmaticThought ProcessPast Experiences Author:Max Wertheimer
