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INSIGHT LEARNING

INSIGHT
LEARNING
Wolfgang Köhler (January 21, 1887 – June 11, 1967) was a German psychologist. He was a key
figure, together with Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka, in the development of Gestalt
psychology.

WOLFGANG
KOHLER
丨 SULTAN

It is completely cognitive experience

01 that requires the ability to visualize
the problem and the solution
internally.
Gestalt psychology adheres to
02 the idea of learning taking place
the discovery or insight.

03 It was first discovered by

Wolfgang Kohler.

Kohler described experiments

04 with apes where the apes could
use boxes and sticks as tools to
solve problems.
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3 PROCESS OF INSIGHT
LEARNING
01 Surveying relevant conditions of the presented
stimulus and seeking their relationship.

02 Determining the instrumental value of a tool either

object or information, as a means of solving problem.

03 “EUREKA” experience (AHA!)

 -Kohler left boxes with Sultan and
1st Problem attached the banana to the top of a
chimpanzee’s cage. it was impossible to
reach since it was too high.
03.
RESULT

Sultan was able to reach the

banana

01. 02.
The banana is Sultan used the given
out of reach boxes to build a stable
stack.
 -Kohler put a banana and sticks
2nd Problem outside the cage of Sultan. Sultan
couldn’t reach it with just
barehands.

Sultan reach the stick Sultan inserted the new Succesfully took the
using the stick. stick into the end of the banana.
other stick that makes it
longer.
01 02 03
WOLFGANG KOHLER

KOHLER
“In each of the problems, the important
aspect of learning was not reinforcement,
but the coordination of thinking to create
new organizations”

Wolfgang Kohler referred this behavior as insight or discovery

learning.
GESTALT PRINCIPLES AND THE TEACHING-
LEARNING PROCESS
LAW OF LAW OF LAW OF LAW OF GOOD LAW OF GOOD LAW OF FIGURE/
PROXIMITY SIMILARITY CLOSURE CONTINUATION PRAGNANZ GROUND

The six gestalt principles not only influence

perception but they also impact on learning. Other
psychologists like Kurt Lewin expounded on gestalt
psychology. His theory focusing on “life space”
adhered to gestalt psychology.
KURT LEWIN

“An individual has inner and outer forces

that affect his perceptions and also his
learning. Inner forces include his own
motivation, attitudes and feelings. Outer
forces may include the attitude and
behavior of the teacher and classmates.
All these forces interact and impact on
the person’s learning.”
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SUMMARY
Gestalt theory is focused on the experience of contact that occurs in the here and now. It considers
with the interest the life space of teachers as well as students. It takes interest in the complexity of
experience, without neglecting anything, but accepting and ampifying all that emerges. It stimulates
learning as experience and the experience as a source of learning. It attribute to what we learn.
Knowledge is concieved as a continuous organisations and rearrangement of information according
to needs, purposes and meanings. It asserts that learning is not accumalation bit remodelling or
insight. Autonomy and freedom of the students is stimulated by the teacher. The time necessary for
assimilation and for cognitive and existential remodelling is respected. The contract experience
between teachers and students is given value: an authentic meeting based on sharing ideas and
affections. WPS
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GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
Gestalt
Principle
According to the Gelstat Psychologist, the
way we form our perceptions are guided
by certain principles or laws. These
principles or laws determine what we see
or make of things or situations we meet.
THE SIX GESTALT PRINCIPLES

LAW OF PROXIMITY LAW OF SIMILARITY LAW OF CLOSURE

LAW OF GOOD LAW OF GOOD LAW OF

CONTINUATION PRAGNANZ FIGURE/GROUND
LAW OF
PROXIMITY
Elements that are close together will be
percieved as a cohorent object.
LAW OF
SIMILARITY
Elements that look similar will percieved
as part of the same form.
LAW OF
CLOSURE
We tend to to fill the gaps or “close” the
figures we percieve.
LAW OF GOOD
CONTINUATION
Individuals have the tendency to continue
contours whenever the elements of the
pattern establish an implied direction.
LAW OF GOOD
PRAGNANZ
The stimulus will be organized into as
good figure as possible.
LAW OF
FIGURE/
GROUND
We tend to pay attention and percieve
things in the foreground first.
THANKS!!
 ASSESSMENT
A. IDENTIFY THE GESTALT PRINCIPLE APPLIED IN EACH
OF THE FOLLOWING LEARNING ACTIVITIES.
1.The teacher relates a new topic with something the student
already knows.
2.Topics with commonalities are taught next to each other.
3.The most important words in the paragraph are written in
bolder fonts.
4.The teacher slows down her pace and varies her tone of voice
to emphasize a point.
5.Teachers remind children to keep their numbers in straight
columns when doing math operations.
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B. IN YOUR OWN WORDS, DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT
GESTALT PRINCIPLES.

C. LIST AT LEAST 5 WAYS TO APPLY GESTALT

PSYCHOLOGY IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS.