Kohler's theory of learning and its educational implications
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An experiment was conducted by Kohler to show the occurrence of learning by insight. A chimpanzee in a cage was exposed to a bunch of ripe bananas outside the cage. It could not reach the bananas to get the fruits by its hands. Two pieces sticks which could be joined to reach the bananas were however available to it. The chimpanzee failing to get the bananas by its hands surveyed the whole situation and examined the pieces of sticks. He suddenly got an idea and tired to join the sticks, so that he could pull the bananas easily. This is an example of learning by insight.
Insightful learning is also known as Gestalitic learning which means that learning is concerned with the whole individual and arises from the interaction of an individual with his situations or environment. Through this interaction emerge new forms of perception, imagination and ideas which altogether constitute insight.
Insight operates when an individual tries to find solutions to problems. A gestalt means the pattern, configuration or a form of perceiving the whole. In this situation stimuli and responses are combined in an organized and unified pattern.
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