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8 pages. Max Wertheimer, who wrote the book Productive Thinking in 1943 was one of the founders of the Gestalt Theory of psychologist. His theories on thinking and how one comes to logical conclusions are the result of his over fifty years as a psychologist. This paper discusses many of the theories and what they mean to the layperson.
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on thinking and how one comes to logical conclusions are the result of his over fifty years as a psychologist. This paper discusses many of the theories and what
they mean to the layperson. MAX WERTHEIMER AND PRODUCTIVE THINKING One of the earliest and most profound influences by Max Wertheimer was his theory of Gestalt Psychology. This
theory is comes to the conclusion that the process of thinking is a holistic process. Many scientists of that day felt that thinking was a process made up of
many different components. By putting all of those components together one would come up with a complete thought. Wertheimer, however, did not buy into this. He
felt that thinking was a oneness, a process that was one whole art. In fact, he contended that if one were to break down thinking into many different components
the different components would not equal up to the same original thought. The student will want to put this into his or her own words and explain the doctrine of
Max Wertheimer as used in the context of the class. This is a model paper that will help to introduce some of the meanings of Wertheimers theories, however the
student may have to word it differently. THE PHI PHENOMENON Wertheimer had one theory that is called the phi phenomenon which maintains that in some instances things can appear
to be in motion when one thinks they are standing still. This theory can be likened to the fact that the eye actually perceives something that is not actually
happening. For instance, if one looks at a neon light that is made up of several different sections, and these sections blink in rapid succession from left to right,
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