Describe the main differences between the associationist approach and Gestalt approaches.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should be able to discuss how the associationist approach employs trial-and-error problem solving, while Gestalt approaches employ systematic strategies that go beyond past associations, allowing solutions to arise out of new productive processes.
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a) blissfulness. b) creativity. c) defensiveness. d) inflexibility.
Suppose that you hear about a man who has retrograde amnesia. What kind of memory task will he find most difficult?
task will he find most difficult? a. working-memory tasks b. remembering events that happened before his brain injury c. remembering visual information about events that happened after his brain injury d. remembering verbal information about events that happened after his brain injury