Gestalt-Epiphany theory, as the earliest cognitive learning theory, affirmed the dynamic role of the subject, emphasized the organizational function of psychology, regarded learning as the process of individual actively constructing gestalt, and emphasized the important role of cognitive functions such as observation, epiphany and understanding in learning, which was of great significance to oppose the mechanical and one-sidedness of behaviorism learning theory at that time.

Gestalt psychologists believe that learning is an individual's epiphany on the situation and the relationship between the situation and himself by using his own wisdom and understanding, rather than the accumulation of actions or blind attempts.

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Gestalt Epiphany Learning Theory of Gestalt School holds that learning is a process of breaking old gestalt and actively constructing new gestalt. In the stacking experiment, the orangutan did not try all the time, but stopped to think after several simple attempts and found that he could not achieve his goal. The chimpanzee looked around and was thinking.

In the process of thinking, it had an epiphany. He had an epiphany about the relationship between himself, the box, the room and the banana. He put these scattered objects through an epiphany thinking process, that is, breaking the old gestalt and forming a new gestalt.

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