PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. CONTENTS IX
4. GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY TODAY 1
5. PART I. ESSAYS BY MAX WERTHEIMER
6. ON TRUTH 19
7. SOME PROBLEMS IN THE THEORY OF ETHICS 29
8. ON THE CONCEPT OF DEMOCRACY 42
9. A STORY OF THREE DAYS 52
10. PART II. GENERAL THEORY
11. PSYCHOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 67
12. SOME PROBLEMS OF ECLECTICISM 76
13. GESTALTEN — YESTERDAY AND TODAY 90
14. THE PRESENT SITUATION IN BRAIN PHYSIOLOGY 97
15. PART III. COGNITIVE PROCESSES
16. BRIGHTNESS CONSTANCY AND THE NATURE OF ACHROMATIC COLORS 109
17. THE KINETIC DEPTH EFFECT 126
18. PERCEPTION AND ATTENTION 146
19. SOME EFFECTS OF MOTIVATIONAL PROCESSES ON COGNITION 172
20. PERCEPTUAL CONDITIONS OF ASSOCIATION 187
21. PART IV. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND MOTIVATION
22. PSYCHOLOGICAL REMARKS ON SOME QUESTIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY 203
23. EFFECTS OF GROUP PRESSURE UPON THE MODIFICATION AND DISTORTION OF JUDGMENTS 222
24. FORMING IMPRESSIONS OF PERSONALITY 237
25. ON FIELD FORCES 286
26. PART V. PSYCHOLOGY OF EXPRESSION AND ART
27. THE GESTALT THEORY OF EXPRESSION 301
28. THE METAPHOR: A PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY 324
29. EMOTION AND FEELING IN PSYCHOLOGY AND ART 334