Format:
Online-Ressource (vii-xiv p., 1 leaf, 403 p.)
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22 cm
Content:
"The war, differences of tongue, sentiment, and background all contributed towards making it difficult for English-speaking readers to welcome for what they were the experimental methods and results of certain German psychologists. The gap thus created was not bridged until very recent times: notably by the publication in 1935 of Professor K. Koffka's Principles of Gestalt Psychology. Even this important work, however, does not wholly effect the necessary transition from the German psychology of 1912. The present volume is offered in the hope that it may play a part in completing the structure. Too often it has been said by English and American authors that the Gestalttheorie was all--or nearly all--Theorie. It is possible that judgments of this sort were not formed on the basis of an extensive reading of the sources. The book is a series of abstracts or summaries of thirty-four articles and one book published in Germany between 1915 and 1929 by the leading exponents of Gestalt psychology and their students. Reference is given in each case to the original publication, and marginal page indications show the source of every statement. Direct translation was intentionally kept at a minimum. This has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. The original material was approximately ten times as long as the summaries. If the gist of that original has been retained, I shall be glad, for I have striven diligently to accomplish this. Wherever I have failed the interested reader will have no trouble in finding the debated passage, since the marginal page references are given as guide. My sole aim is and has been to present a faithful picture of this source material. Very few of those who may find use for this book would have cared to read all of the material, even in translation, which it condenses. If an abstract of that material is of value, losses occasioned by the abstracting process itself may not be too damaging"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)
Note:
"A series of abstracts or summaries of thirty-four articles and one book published in Germany between 1915 and 1929."--Pref. - Electronic reproduction; Washington, D.C; American Psychological Association; 2005; Available via the World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement; s2005 dcunns
Language:
English
