michael sylvester wrote: > > Whereas most psychological theories emanated from theoretical and > cognitive speculations,is it true that the early founders of geslalt > psychology formulated most of their ideas by riding trains in the > European villages?
It is said that Wertheimer got the idea for the phi phenomenon while watching lights at a train crossing. The story has been questioned. See Mitchell Ash's book on the history of Gestalt. > And other experiences in everyday European village life? Wasn't one > of them abandoned on an island with some cool apes? Koehler did the studies for _Mentality of Apes_ on Teneriffe in the Canary Islands. I don't know that he was "abandoned" there. He was unable to travel due to the outbreak of WWI. There was a book a decade or so ago (_A Whisper of Espionage_) claiming that he was actually sent there by the German gov't to spy on shipping lanes (there is no natural ape colony on Teneriffe; Koehler was an expert in long-distance radio communication at a time when that skill was rare), but the idea seems a little far-fetched. Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4257 or send a blank email to leave-4257-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
