ABSTRACT
By the early 1930s, Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler were primarily responsible for the American perception of Gestalt psychology. Gestalt psychology was represented by Koffka, Kohler, and Lewin, as well as David Katz from Rostock, William Stern from Hamburg, and Edgar Rubin from Copenhagen, all of whom were somewhat sympathetic to the Gestalt school. Gestalt psychology had become a fairly popular topic for American and European articles by the time of Wertheimer's arrival. In assessing Wertheimer's role in America, historian Michael Sokal wrote, "Max Wertheimer, the leader of the Gestalt school, did not cross the Atlantic during and, because he published much less than his colleagues, especially Koffka and Köhler, remained in the background as far as Americans were concerned. The work of Raymond Wheeler at the University of Kansas also played a part in the presentation of Gestalt theory to American psychology.
