Wolfgang Köhler Biography

Wolfgang Köhler biography

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NAME: Wolfgang Köhler
OCCUPATION: Psychologist
BIRTH DATE: January 21, 1887
DEATH DATE: June 11, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH: Tallinn, Russia
PLACE OF DEATH: Enfield, New Hampshire

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Wolfgang Köhler was a psychologist who examined learning and perception as structured wholes, which led to Gestalt psychology.

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Wolfgang Köhler’s studies of problem solving, in which he examined learning and perception as structured wholes, led to a radical revision of existing theory, and Köhler became a key figure in Gestalt psychology. He continued his research during the 1920s and early '30s, publishing Gestalt Psychology, but emigrated from Germany to the U.S. after the Nazi takeover, and he continued to write.