If you heard only the individual notes of your favorite song played one per hour, you would not recognize it. However, when these notes are played together in the correct order and close in time as a melody, your favorite song is easily recognizable

The importance of being able to hear a melody rather than individual notes illustrates which school of thought in psychology?
a. Gestalt psychology
b. structuralism
c. behaviorism
d. psychodynamic psychology


ANSWER: a

Psychology

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