Wolfgang Köhler was a German psychologist and a key figure in the development of Gestalt psychology, which seeks to understand learning, perception, and other components of mental life as structured wholes.

Kohler’s Theory of learning by Insight (Gestalt Theory of Learning) Gestalt theory is also called Kohler’s theory of learning by Insight. The word Gestalt in German language means ‘whole’, ‘total pattern’ or ‘configuration’. This school believes that the whole is more important than the parts. So learning also takes place as a whole.