Max Wertheimer

Max Wertheimer

male, deceased (1943)
tachistoscope, Charles University alumni, holistic, perception, Jewish person, gestaltpsychology
Max Wertheimer was one of the founders of Gestalt psychology. Wertheimer studied law for more than two years, but decided then to change to...
Kurt Koffka

Kurt Koffka

male, deceased (1941)
Psychologist, gestaltpsychology, German, gestalt, Smith College, Psychological Bulletin…Principles of Gestalt Psychology
Kurt Koffka was a Gestalt psychologist. In 1909 he received his PhD from the University of Berlin. Together with Wolfgang Köhler he became a...
Wolfgang Köhler

Wolfgang Köhler

male, deceased (1967)
Universal, Swarthmore College, Psychologist, German, Canary Islands, american psychological association…gestaltpsychology, Gestalt psychologist
Wolfgang Köhler (January 21, 1887, Reval (now Tallinn), Estonia – June 11, 1967, New Hampshire) was a German Gestalt psychologist. In 1909 he rec...
Kurt Lewin

Kurt Lewin

male, deceased (1947)
Mogilno, Kreis Mogilno, Wolfgang Kohler, Gestalt school of psychology, Province of Posen, Applied psychology…industrial and organizational psychology, social psychology, gestaltpsychology
Kurt Zadek Lewin (September 9,1890 - February 12,1947), a German-born psychologist, is one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and...
Fritz Perls

Fritz Perls

male, deceased (1970)
Gestalt therapist, Gestalt prayer, Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, Friedrich (Frederick) Salomon Perls, Neuro-Linguistic Programming predecessors, individualism…gestaltpsychology, gestalt therapy
Friedrich (Frederick) Salomon Perls, better known as Fritz Perls, was a noted German-born psychiatrist and psychotherapist of Jewish descent. He...
Wolfgang Metzger

Wolfgang Metzger

male, deceased (1979)
wertheimer, Frankfurt/Main, Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Gesetze des Sehens, gestaltpsychology, munster…gestalt
Wolfgang Metzger is considered one of the main representatives of Gestalt psychology (Gestalt theory) in Germany. Metzger was a student and...
Kurt Goldstein

Kurt Goldstein

male, deceased (1965)
The Organism, Der Aufbau des Organismus, German native of Silesia, gestaltpsychology, gestalt theory, gestalt therapy
Kurt Goldstein (November 6, 1878 - September 19, 1965) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist who was a pioneer in modern neuropsychology. He...
Christian von Ehrenfels

Christian von Ehrenfels

male, deceased (1932)
Austrian nobility, graz, philosopher, Austrian, gestalt, johann wolfgang von goethe…gestaltpsychology
Christian Freiherr von Ehrenfels, was an Austrian philosopher, and is known as one of the founders and precursors of Gestalt psychology. Although...
Carl Stumpf

Carl Stumpf

male, deceased (1936)
Wiesentheid, From Bavaria, German, philosopher, gestalt, gestaltpsychology
Carl Stumpf was a German philosopher and psychologist. Born in Wiesentheid, he studied with Franz Brentano and Rudolf Hermann Lotze. He had an...
Solomon Asch

Solomon Asch

male, deceased (1996)
H. Witkin, cognitive style, Russian Empire, American, Psychologist, Jewish American…social psychology, gestaltpsychology, Gestalt psychologist
Solomon E. Asch (September 14, 1907 - February 20, 1996) was a world-renowned American Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology. He...