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“There are still psychologists who, in a basic misunderstanding, think that gestalt theory tends to underestimate the role of past experience. Gestalt theory tries to differentiate between and-summative aggregates, on the one hand, and gestalten, structures, on the other, both in sub-wholes and in the total field, and to develop appropriate scientific tools for investigating the latter.”

Max Wertheimer

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Appropriate Differentiate Fields Gestalt Hands Investigating Latter Misunderstanding Past Past experiences Psychologist Roles Stills Structure Theory Thinking Tools Trying Underestimate

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