D. Brett King, Michael Wertheimer

Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A biography of Max Wertheimer which traces the origins of Gestalt thought, demonstrating its continuing importance. It reviews Wertheimer's ancestry, family, childhood in central Europe, and his formal education. It discusses Wertheimer's essays on democracy, freedom, ethics, and truth, and personal challenges he faced during his last years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781412807180
• ISBN-10: 1412807182
• Artikelnr.: 22966964

Autorenporträt

Michael Wertheimer

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Ancestry, Family, and Childhood
3: Formal Education, 1898-1904
4: Years of Incubation, 1905-1910
5: Emergence of Gestalt Theory, 1910-1913
6: The World War One Period, 1914-1921
7: The Gestalt Movement Matures, 1922-1929
8: Wertheimer at Frankfurt, 1929-1933
9: Wertheimer's Everyday Life in the United States, 1933-1943
10: Early Reception of Gestalt Psychology in the United States
11: Wertheimer's Correspondence with Three Psychologists: Boring, Hull, and Luria
12: The Social Conscience of a Humble Empiric
13: Personal Challenges
Productive Students
14: The Dynamics and Logic of Productive Thinking: The Crystallization of a Life Study
15: The Legacy of Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Psychology