Kurt Lewin
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Kurt Lewin was a pioneering German-American psychologist best known for founding modern social psychology and developing field theory and action research.
Aliases (2)
- Kurt Zadek Lewin ×1
- Lewin’s equation B = f(P, E) ×1
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| instanceOf |
German-American
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person → psychologist → social psychologist → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in psychology
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| birthName |
Kurt Zadek Lewin
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| causeOfDeath |
heart attack
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| citizenship |
Germany
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United States → |
| coinedTerm |
action research
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| countryOfBirth |
Germany
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| countryOfDeath |
United States
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| dateOfBirth |
1890-09-09
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| dateOfDeath |
1947-02-12
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| education |
University of Berlin
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University of Freiburg → University of Munich → |
| employer |
Cornell University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology → University of Berlin → University of Iowa → |
| ethnicOrigin |
Jewish
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| fieldOfWork |
applied psychology
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organizational psychology → psychology → social psychology → |
| formulated |
field theory in social science
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three-stage model of change → |
| influenced |
Leon Festinger
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Ronald Lippitt → Solomon Asch → social psychology as a discipline → |
| influencedBy |
Kurt Koffka
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Max Wertheimer → Wolfgang Köhler → |
| introducedConcept |
force field analysis
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gatekeeping in communication → level of aspiration → life space in psychology → quasi-stationary equilibrium → |
| knownFor |
Lewin’s equation B = f(P, E)
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action research → change management theory → field theory in psychology → founding modern social psychology → group dynamics → |
| movement |
Gestalt psychology
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| name |
Kurt Lewin
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| notableWork |
Field Theory in Social Science
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Principles of Topological Psychology → Resolving Social Conflicts → |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Prussia
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Mogilno → Province of Posen → |
| placeOfDeath |
Newtonville, Massachusetts
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| positionHeld |
director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at MIT
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| threeStageModelOfChange |
unfreeze-change-refreeze
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Referenced by (5)
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Kurt Lewin
("Kurt Zadek Lewin")
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Humboldt University of Berlin
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Gestalt psychology
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Kurt Lewin
("Lewin’s equation B = f(P, E)")
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Kurt Lewin
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