The Gestalt psychologists believed that with respect to visual perception,the whole is more than the sum of its parts.By contrast,the ___ psychologists assumed that the whole is the sum of its parts.
A) functional
B) structural
C) behavioural
D) psychoanalytic

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The structural psychologists believed in breaking down consciousness into its basic elements and studying them individually. They assumed that the whole is the sum of its parts, suggesting that complex mental states and behavior could be understood by analyzing the underlying components. This is in contrast to the Gestalt psychologist's belief that perception is more than just the sum of individual sensory stimuli, but rather the result of an active organization of these stimuli into meaningful wholes.

The Gestalt Psychologists Believed That with Respect to Visual Perception,the