How did von Ehrenfels approach to defining a gestalt differ from Mach’s approach?
a. Von Ehrenfels viewed the gestalt as the external stimulus and its actions on the sense organs.
b. According to von Ehrenfels, a gestalt is a cognitive construction that typically has little relationship to objective stimuli.
c. While Mach viewed a gestalt as the unity of two things, von Ehrenfels viewed the gestalt as a new psychological entity that could be analyzed on its own.
d. Von Ehernfels believed that gestalts only occurred in the minds of exceptionally intelligent adults.
C
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