Multiple Choice


1	Spatial and auditory “forms” were described in the book Analysis of Sensations, written by _______.
		A)	Köhler
		B)	Lewin
		C)	Wertheimer
		D)	Mach


2	Wertheimer became interested in perception research after he
		A)	tried to walk while his leg was asleep
		B)	sampled a hallucinogenic drug
		C)	saw the apparent movement of the landscape outside his train window
		D)	saw a demonstration of the newly-discovered phi phenomenon at the World’s Fair


3	A particular melody can be recognized whether it is simply hummed by a person or played by a full orchestra. Von Ehrenfels called this quality of melody ______.
		A)	closure
		B)	the Golden Section
		C)	good form
		D)	transposability


4	Which of the following people is not typically included in the “triumvirate” of Gestalt psychology founders?
		A)	Koffka
		B)	Köhler
		C)	Wertheimer
		D)	Lewin


5	What did participants in Wertheimer’s early experiments report when they saw rapidly alternating vertical and horizontal lines?
		A)	They developed the mental set of “addition”
		B)	They perceived colors in stimuli that were black and white
		C)	The saw just one moving line
		D)	They perceived spots at the intersection of the lines


6	The formal beginning of Gestalt psychology is marked by the
		A)	publication of Experimental Studies of the Perception of Movement
		B)	founding of the New School for Social Research
		C)	discovery of the phi phenomenon
		D)	publication of Mentality of Apes


7	According to the Gestalt principle of similarity, _____.
		A)	repetitions of identical stimuli are ignored
		B)	information is easier to learn if it is similar to information already known
		C)	stimuli that are near to each other are perceived together
		D)	items that are similar to each other are grouped into perceptual units


8	Our tendency to retain in memory the details of uncompleted tasks is known as ______.
		A)	closure
		B)	the Zeigarnik effect
		C)	the good Gestalt phenomenon
		D)	proximity grouping


9	Wertheimer’s research while in the United States primarily concerned ___.
		A)	insight learning
		B)	creative and productive thinking
		C)	political reformation
		D)	the stimulus-response paradigm


10	Who conducted research on insight learning while marooned at the Anthropoid Research Station on Tenerife Island?
		A)	Wertheimer
		B)	Koffka
		C)	Köhler
		D)	Lewin


11	When Köhler placed bananas outside the cage of his chimpanzees, they responded with ___.
		A)	aggression against each other
		B)	social loafing
		C)	clever ways of reaching the food
		D)	futile reaching attempts followed by learned helplessness


12	When Köhler wrote of “the appearance of a complete solution with reference to the whole lay-out of the field,” he was referring to ______.
		A)	insight learning
		B)	the Zeigarnik effect
		C)	field theory
		D)	holistic thinking


13	In examining the jobs of working class people, Lewin was particularly interested in differences in people’s __________.
		A)	compensation
		B)	perception of authority
		C)	life spaces
		D)	insights


14	Dembo’s goal in the ring-throwing task she gave to her subjects was to _____.
		A)	observe improvement with practice
		B)	identify gender differences in coordination
		C)	provoke anger reactions
		D)	examine insight learning in humans


15	Tamara Dembo is considered one of the founders of which area of psychology?
		A)	Gestalt psychology
		B)	Rehabilitation psychology
		C)	Social psychology
		D)	Sport psychology


16	Lewin’s “life space” consisted of:
		A)	a person and his/her environment
		B)	all living creatures
		C)	a culture and all of its members
		D)	our internal representation of our surroundings


17	Lewin and Wright observed that in cafeteria lines, people typically ____.
		A)	chose their desserts more carefully than their entrées
		B)	reached for the items furthest out of reach
		C)	were influenced by what other people selected
		D)	selected far more food than they would normally eat


18	What does the dedifferentiation hypothesis refer to?
		A)	The regressive behavior of frustrated children
		B)	Reactions of people to approach-approach situations
		C)	Environments with both a positive and a negative valence
		D)	Perception of figures that are not good Gestalts


19	Which leadership style was preferred in the Lewin, Lippitt, and White experiment with 10-year-old boys?
		A)	Democratic
		B)	Authoritarian
		C)	Laissez-faire
		D)	Autocratic


20	What did Lewin find to be the most effective means of changing people’s eating habits during the meat shortage of WWII?
		A)	Lectures by patriots and politicians
		B)	Lectures by dieticians
		C)	Group discussions
		D)	Positive reinforcement


21	What is the best way to characterize the relation of Gestalt psychology and Gestalt therapy?
		A)	Gestalt psychology is clearly founded in the ideas of Gestalt therapy
		B)	Gestalt therapy is clearly founded in the ideas of Gestalt psychology
		C)	Both emerged simultaneously from the founders of Gestalt
		D)	They share little more than name

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