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Here are the Differences between Behaviourist and Gestalt Theories of Learning. Share your views about this.

BEHAVIOURISTS THEORIES	GESTALT THEORIES
1.       Response is programmed i.e. mechanical	Response is systematic and organised in cognitive structure.
2.       This learning takes place through trial and error or trial and success	The learning process is based on the problem-solving approach
3.       Learning is temporal. Extinction can set in if the learning is not reinforced	Learning is permanent experience gained and can be used or transferred into another related task.
4.       The result or outcome is the ultimate of the behaviourists	Gestalt are more interested in the processes and justification of a task.
5.       In this type of learning, learner becomes onlooker (passive) while he is being manipulated or subjected to a particular condition.	The learner plays an active part in gestalt learning. The learner is involved in finding out the solutions to the problems being investigated.
6.       This type of learning is simple. It is good for elementary learning	Gestalt learning is a complex one. It is good for higher thinking. It is good where the learner will have to reason logically and analytically before having a meaning solution to the problem.
7.       Behaviourists believe more on teacher-centeredness. Most of the processes to the solution are done by the teacher.	Cognitive theorists emphasize learner-centred approach. They believe in the “doing it yourself” system.
8.       There is no association or interrelatedness of the problems.	This theory organises the problems so that the learners can know the relationship between or among them. e.g. in one of the experiments, Gestalt placed banana and sticks side by side to show their relationship.

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