Max Wertheimer and his contribution to psychological science: in the context of improving the education of psychologists in the system of the MIA of Russia

The article presents an analysis of the conceptual provisions of psychological science that are directly related to Gestalt psychology. According to the author, the relevance of addressing the origins of the noted direction of psychological teaching is due to two circumstances: firstly, increased attention to the personality of Max Werheimer as one of the founders of Gestalt psychology; secondly, the need to orient the employees of the psychological services of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia towards their holistic perception of both the personality of each employee of the internal affairs bodies and specific situations of attitude towards the service of the personnel of the noted institution. Having considered the features of the experimental work carried out in the format of proving the hypothesis put forward by the German psychologist regarding the psychology of image perception, the author focuses on the set of Gestalt laws.