Led to laisey-faire methods of progressive era. Breaking the learning down to parts or connections and develop thro gh drilling an elaborate and intricate system of connections. Still applied to reading and math. It does not exercise only certain parts. Wholes are primary.
Parts derive their properties and their behavior from the whole.
Understanding of the relationships among the various aspects of the learning situation. Rudolf Arnheim . Provided art teachers the clearest and most completely stated view of Gestalt psychology. Behavior can be controlled and is able to be controlled by new and increasingly rigorous technology. Responsible for such contemporary concerns as Operant Conditioning, Positive and Negative Reinforcement, Apparatuses for Research, the identification of conditions and variables which can predict and control behavior.