Gestalt psychologists criticized elemental theories of perception because ______________.
a. the laws of association were little other than mere speculations
b. immediate experience is of wholes rather than collections of elements
c. the supposed elements could be further reduced indefinitely
d. such antireductionism failed to account for emergent properties
Answer: b. immediate experience is of wholes rather than collections of elements
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