A psychologist who specializes in the study of perception refers to herself as a "Gestalt psychologist." You can expect that she will focus on
a. the approach known as functionalism.
b. the reduction of complex human experience into simple sensations.
c. the way in which the mind understands experiences as organized wholes.
d. conscious experience being nothing more than the sum of individual experiences.
Answer: c. the way in which the mind understands experiences as organized wholes.
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