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Max Wertheimer
Köhler, Wolfgang
Köhler, Wolfgang (1887–1967) US psychologist, b. Estonia. With Kurt
Koffka and Max Wertheimer, he was a key figure in
Gestalt psychology. His work on animal learning and problem solving is summarized in
The Mentality of Apes (1917).
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The legacy of Max Wertheimer and gestalt psychology. (Sixtieth Anniversary, 1934-1994: The Legacy of Our Past.)
Magazine article from: Social Research; 12/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Asch wrote that the "thinking of Max Wertheimer has penetrated into nearly every...81). Asch's article on "Max Wertheimer's Contributions to Modern Psychology...Johnson, to study "the work of Max Wertheimer and its meaning for social science...
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Envisioning 21st century entertainment. (profile on Paramount Digital Entertainment President David Wertheimer)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...three years from now," Wertheimer says. "You have to know...there early." It's a task Wertheimer should be well-suited for, says Max Henry, vice president and...in Foster City, Calif. Wertheimer worked for Henry for five...
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Interview: Tire expert Max Nonnamaker on tire construction and production testing
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/12/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Interview: Tire expert Max Nonnamaker on tire construction...ROBERT SIEGEL, LINDA WERTHEIMER Time: 8:00-9:00...collected all of the data. WERTHEIMER: Mr. Nonnamaker, thank...NONNAMAKER: My pleasure. WERTHEIMER: Max Nonnamaker is a tire...
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Analysis: Senator Max Cleland already campaigning for re-election in 2002
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 4/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Analysis: Senator Max Cleland already campaigning...2002 Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER Time: 8:00-9:00 PM LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: From NPR...CONSIDERED. I'm Linda Wertheimer. The next congressional...for re-election. Max Cleland of Georgia...
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The repetition discrimination task: An objective method for studying perceptual grouping
Magazine article from: Perception and Psychophysics; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of grouping phenomena originally described by Wertheimer. In 1923, Max Wertheimer called attention to one of the fundamental problems...experience when we view the world? Although Wertheimer did not by any means solve this complex and difficult...
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Laws of seeing.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Journal of Phenomenological Psychology; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...psychology that immediately come to the American mind are Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, and Kurt Koffka. Other names that...Metzger, mentee of Wolfgang Kohler and assistant to Max Wertheimer, surfaces less frequently. The manifest reason for...
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Beautiful Mind
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/30/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...central Berlin in late 1918, with his good friends Max Born and Max Wertheimer riding beside him, to rescue several professors...Einstein hated Prussia's blind militarism, and Wertheimer and Born had been soldiers in the war, but they...
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Wilhelm Benary (1888-1955) - Life and Work
Magazine article from: Psychology Science; 1/1/2003; ; 414 words
; ...he was a narrow friend both of Wolfgang Kohler and Max Wertheimer this study can enrich our knowledge especially of the...this context some letters from Benary to Kohler and Wertheimer are published for the first time. This first part...
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Joseph Wells, 81, Ex-Official Of Geological Survey, Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/29/1987; 700+ words
; ...Berlin. In 1933, she and her first husband, Dr. Max Wertheimer, a founder of Gestalt psychology, came to the United States and settled in New Rochelle, N.Y. Dr. Wertheimer, who taught at the New School for Social Research...
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Interview: Max Frankel discusses The New York Times' 150th anniversary
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 11/14/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...00-0000 Interview: Max Frankel discusses The...anniversary Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER, ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 8:00-9:00 PM LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: From NPR News...CONSIDERED. I'm Linda Wertheimer. ROBERT SIEGEL, host...The story is written by Max Frankel, who came to...
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Max Wertheimer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Max Wertheimer The German psychologist Max Wertheimer (1880-1943) was the originator of Gestalt psychology...profound influence on the whole science of psychology. Max Wertheimer was born in Prague on April 15, 1880. At the University...
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Wertheimer, Max
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Max Wertheimer 1880-1943 German psychologist who was the originator of Gestalt psychology...which had a profound influence on the whole science of psychology. Max Wertheimer was born in Prague on April 15,1880. At the University in Prague...
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Gestalt Psychology
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...by a series of experiments by Max Wertheimer (1880 – 1943) on apparent...and Michael Wertheimer. 2005. Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory . New Brunswick...Psychology . New York: Liveright. Wertheimer, Max. 1910. Musik der Wedda [Music...
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Koffka, Kurt
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...the Gestalt movement. Working with Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang K ö hler , Kurt...Main. They shared a laboratory with Wertheimer, who was studying the perception of motion. Soon, Wertheimer, Koffka, and K ö hler were...
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Köhler, Wolfgang
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...professional association with Max Wertheimer (1880-1943) when he and Kurt...subjects for an experiment of Wertheimer's involving perception of moving...structured wholes. Unlike Koffka and Wertheimer, K ö hler concentrated...
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