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Karl Duncker (2 February 1903, in Leipzig – 23 February 1940) was a German Gestalt psychologist. He attended Friedrich-Wilhelms-University from 1923 to 1923, and spent 1925–1926 at Clark University in Worcester, MA as a visiting professor, where he received a master's degree in arts degree. [1]
The candle problem or candle task, also known as Duncker's candle problem, is a cognitive performance test, measuring the influence of functional fixedness on a participant's problem solving capabilities. The test was created by Gestalt psychologist Karl Duncker and published by him in 1935.
Jan 9, 2020 · The Candle Problem was developed by Gestalt psychologist Karl Duncker in 1945 and it works as follows: Tell students that they are in a room with a table pushed up against the wall. On the table there is a candle, a box of drawing pins, and a book of matches.
Karl Duncker was born in Leipzig, Germany, on February 2, 1903. Duncker was one of the most prominent Gestalt psychologists. He was a student and coworker of Wertheimer, Koffka, and Köhler in Berlin. His parents were the communist politicians Herman and Käte Duncker.
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Abstract. The work of Karl Duncker has recently been rediscovered. In particular, cognitive psychologists have praised Duncker's 1945 monograph on problem solving and thinking, viewing it as a seminal contribution that is directly relevant to current work in the field.
This chapter briefly summarizes the life and contributions of Duncker's work to the psychology of productive thinking and to the perception of apparent movement, in particular induced motion.
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Presents biographic information about Karl Duncker (1903-1940), a German American psychologist, who made lasting contributions to perception, the psychology of problem solving, and other areas in psychology.
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