Insight

Learnin
g
Theory
Wolfgang
Kohler
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Wolfgang
Kohler
Born January 21, 1887 in Reval,
Estonia
Gestalt psychologist
Cognitivist
After completing his PhD, Kohler
worked at the Psychological
Institute at the University in
Frankfurt-am-Main where he met
Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka.
 Gestalt
Psychology

Max Wolfgang Kurt Koffka

He published a book in 1917 on
problem solving
entitled Intelligenzprn an
Anthropoiden (The Mentality of
Apes).
What is
Insight
Learning
 Insight learning is a
complete cognitive
experience that requires
the ability to visualize the
Insight learning is a type of
problem and solution learning or problem solving
internally.
EUREKA that happens all-of-a-sudden
through understanding the
relationships of various parts
of a problem rather than
N Y through trial and error.
H A
I P
EP
How
Insight
Learning
was
 Kohler’s Experiment on
Chimpanzee
1 (Experiment
2 with 3box) 4

Kohler kept a He hung bananas from The chimpanzee Another box was
chimpanzee (Sultan) the ceiling and kept a could not reach the put in a corner of
hungry for some box on the floor of the banana. the cage.
time, and then shut cage.
him in a large cage.
 Kohler’s Experiment on Chimpanzee
(Experiment with box)
5 6 7 8

Since Sultan Kohler gave He used his intelligence Stand on these and
couldn’t get the demonstration of and insight to put two then reach the
idea of placing one putting one box on boxes one upon the bananas.
box on the other the other. other.
and thus reaching
the other.
 Kohler’s Experiment on
Chimpanzee
1 (Experiment
2 with 3two sticks) 4

Kohler kept 2 sticks in The chimpanzee When Kohlar gave a The chimpanzee viewed
the cage. did not get the idea hint through putting the whole situation &
forming two sticks. his finger in the hole performed the right task
of the bigger stick through understanding the
insight.
4 Stages of
Insight
Learning
 1.PREPARATION
Can’t solve problem initially
Data Gathering

2. INCUBATION
Problem put on hold (consciously)
Problem worked on unconsciously

3. INSIGHT
Suddenly there is a mental
Representation of the solution

4. VERIFICATION
Solution checked
 Instruction: Fill in the blanks. (3 minutes)

Remember me!
___________ is the proponent of the Insight Learning
Theory and one of the Gestalt Psychologist. _______ is
the name of the chimpanzee he observed by
experimenting with ________ and _______.
__________ can be related to eureka or the AHA!
Moment. _________, _________, _________, and
_________ are the stages of insight learning.
 The End
Thank you!
Maureen Rose B. Javier
II-SOCSTUD