An Example of the Law of Similarity The best way to explain the principal of Gestalt psychology known as the law of similarity is with a simple example. Support someone showed you a photo composed of rows of shapes. Now, imagine that these rows were made of alternately placed circles and triangles. If the person ...
WHAT IS THE HUMANISTIC APPROACH? Humanistic Therapy is the process by which an individual is influenced and gains their knowledge. Humanism is specifically positive in regards to the therapeutic process, and tries to eliminate those occurrences and attitudes that do not produce a positive being. This therapeutic process is specifically beneficial to individuals looking to ...
Back in Sept. 1991 I got a scholarship to go through a program for a week to deal with intense emotional dependency problems. For years I had been too clingy with some people or fluctuating between wanting my space to demanding their time. My sister had told me about a codependency residential treatment program in ...
During the 1920s, some German psychologists banded together to formulate their own theory of psychology. In particular, Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, and Kurt Koffka developed a great interest in human perception. One of their psychology studies involved flashing pictures rapidly to subjects in their experiments at equally-timed intervals to test what the subjects would see. ...