Physical Education A-Level
Gestalt psychology and whole-pattern perception
What Gestalt psychology and whole-pattern perception means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The approach with which insight learning is associated, in which the learner perceives the total situation and reorganises the elements mentally.
Topics that use Gestalt psychology and whole-pattern perception
- Principles and theories of learning and performance (AQA A-Level)
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