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.

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  • Kurt Zadek Lewin ×1
  • Lewin’s equation B = f(P, E) ×1

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

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Kurt Lewin ("Kurt Zadek Lewin")
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Humboldt University of Berlin
hasNotableAlumni
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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