The whole is more than the sum of its parts' the approach that most associate with this statement is ___________?

Correct answer: C. Gestalt

  • A. Humanism
  • B. Psychoanalysis
  • C. Gestalt
  • D. Structuralism

Explanation

Gestalt psychology emphasizes that organized wholes have properties that cannot be understood by examining isolated parts, expressed as “the whole is more than the sum of its parts.”

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