Abraham Luchins
Abraham Luchins · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Gestalt psychologist known for the Einstellung (mental set) effect
1914, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2005, United States
United States
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Abraham S. Luchins was an American Gestalt psychologist and a close collaborator of Max Wertheimer, best known for his 1942 'water jar' experiments demonstrating the Einstellung (mental set) effect — the tendency to keep applying a familiar method even when a simpler solution exists. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, he later taught at the University at Albany. He was Jewish.
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Gestalt psychologist known for the Einstellung (mental set) effect
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