Isbn: 9780156744607 - Title: Principles of Gestalt Psychology (2 results)

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Softcover. Condition: Good. [PSYCHOLOGY]. Kurt Koffka (1886-1941). "Principles of Gestalt Psychology." New York: Hardcourt, Brace and World. Printed in the USA, 1963. English language. Softcover in pictorial card wrappers. Nonfiction academic psychology text in fifteen chapters with preface, bibliography, index, and black-and-white illustrations, tables, and diagrams. 8vo. 8 x 5 1/4 inches. 25 oz. xii, 720 pp. Shelf-wear. Abrasions, stains, wear, and creasing to wrappers. Stains to edges. Toning. Text clean. Good. ISBN: 0156744600. "In this book, Koffka reformulates the basic question of perception. In the past it had often been assumed that there was really no need to explain the features of veridical perception. Here Koffka rejects this approach: regardless of the veridicality of perception, the researcher must always ask the question, 'Why do things look as they do?' The book details the phenomenological and holistic approach to this question which the Gestalt movement embraced, while also reviewing the extensive research which had been conducted up to that time in support of the Gestalt orientation.". …