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

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The idea of perceiving the whole (melody) as greater than the sum of its parts (individual notes) is a central concept in Gestalt psychology.

If You Heard Only the Individual Notes of Your Favorite