alleryWhich group of experimental psychologists in Germany were among the first to study problem solving?
ABehaviorists
BPsychoanalysts
CStructuralists
DGestaltists
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Gestaltists
1. Among the first experimental psychologists to study problem solving were the Gestaltists in Germany.
2. Karl Duncker's The Psychology of Productive Thinking (1935) is an example.
3. Behaviorists and psychoanalysts are not named for this early work.
_Source: Wikipedia, Problem solving, section Cognitive sciences_
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