Gestalt psychology focuses on the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Gestalt psychologists believed that people perceive things holistically rather than as separate parts. They rejected behaviorism and asserted that organization occurs between stimuli and responses to form new organized wholes that are different from their individual parts. Gestalt psychology uses the concept of "insight" to describe intelligent behavior as involving three steps: perceiving the situation as a whole, understanding relationships between factors, and immediately deciding and acting accordingly. In education, Gestalt psychology influenced delivering concepts and curriculum as unified wholes rather than separate parts.

1. Gestalt psychology

2. • Kohler, kofka, werthiemer and kurt lewin
were most prominent members of the school
of Gestalt.
• Gestalt is German word translated as an
organized whole n contrast to a collection of
parts.
• They believe that an individual perceive the
thing as whole rather then parts.

3. • A thing is perceived as a relationship within a
fieldand a complex background incorporate the
viewers purpose and previous experience.
• Gestalts psychology also reject the behaviourism.
They asserted that a sort of organization occur
between stimulus and response which help in
forming a new organized whole. Because the
whole is different from his parts. So, the human
behaviour is characterized as an intelligent
behaviour rather then stimulus and response.

4. • Gestalt psychology use the term insight to
describe the behaviour and discuss it in three
steps:
1. Perception of the situation as a whole
2. Seeing and judging the relationship between
various factors involved in the situation
3. Taking an immediate decision and behaving
accordingly

5. Merits and contribution in education
• Whole is always greater then parts. We delivered the
concept to students as whole rather then parts
• Curriculum and subject matter should have
cohesiveness and unity
• It acknowledged different techniques and
methodologies in education
• Great emphasis on the role of motivation
• Perception learning and problem solving are intelligent
tasks rather then stimulus and response
• It puts the best efforts for managing the affairs of
education and welfare onf the individuals.

6. Humanistic Psychology

7. • Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and Gordon are the
main contributors in this school of psychology.
• Humanistic psychology give more value to human
being but not consider him as a sophisticated machine
• It consider him as a purposeful being, capable of
adopting himself to his environment and choosing his
own course of action in order to achieve the goals.
• These goals may be as simple as the satisfection of a
physical need and as lofty as self realizaion.

8. • Humanistic psychology emphasizes
distinctively human aspects of personality as
the existence of free will and freedom of
choice and value to guide his behaviour and
give a personal meaning to his existence.

9. Contributions in education
• Regarded as learner centered approach
• Believe on unconditioned positive regard.