KURT LEWIN

 Experiential learning
 Field Theory
BEST KNOWN FOR:  Group dynamics
 Considered the founder of
modern SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  Born on September 9, 1890
 1914 - Joined the German army.
 1916 - Earned a Ph.D. from the University
of Berlin.
 1921 - Became a lecturer at the
Psychological Institute of the University of
TIMELINE OF EVENTS: Berlin.
 1932 - Emigrated to the United States.
 1935 - Became a professor at the
University of Iowa; published A Dynamic
Theory of Personality.
 1944 - Established research center at MIT.
 Died at age 57 on February 12, 1947 of a
heart attack.
  Lewin developed a theory that emphasized
the importance of individual personalities,
interpersonal conflict, and situational
variables.
 Lewin's Field Theory proposed that behavior
FIELD THEORY
is the result of the individual and the
environment. 
 This theory had a major impact on social
psychology, supporting the notion that our
individual traits and the environment
interact to cause behavior.
   contributed to Gestalt psychology by expanding
on gestalt theories and applying them to human
behaviour.
 He was also one of the first psychologists to
systematically test human behaviour,
influencing experimental psychology, social
psychology, and personality psychology. 
Contributions to
Psychology  He was a prolific writer, publishing more than 80
articles and eight books on various psychology
topics.
 Lewin is known as the father of modern social
psychology because of his pioneering work that
utilized scientific methods and experimentation to
look at social behaviour.
 Many of his unfinished papers were published by
his colleagues after his sudden death at age 56.
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