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When Lewin moved to the USA, he had become more involved with real world issues and the need to understand and change human behavior. His desire and personal involvement with gestalt psychology led to the development of his field theory. [1] Lewin's field theory emphasized interpersonal conflict, individual personalities, and situational variables.
Lewin, a social psychologist, believed the "field" to be a Gestalt psychological environment existing in an individual's (or in the collective group) mind at a certain point in time that can be mathematically described in a topological constellation of constructs. The "field" is very dynamic, changing with time and experience.
This equation is directly related to Lewin's field theory. Field theory is centered around the idea that a person's life space determines their behavior. [2] Thus, the equation was also expressed as B = f(L), where L is the life space. [4] In Lewin's book, he first presents the equation as B = f(S), where behavior is a function of the whole ...
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[9] This happenstance observation started the demonstration of the "existence of psychic tensions", fundamental to Lewin's field theory. [9] While applied research helped develop Lewin into a practical theorist, what further defined him as an academic and a forerunner was his action research, a term he invented himself. [9]
Kurt Lewin laid the foundations for sensitivity training in a series of workshops he organised in 1946, using his field theory as the conceptual background. [1] His work then contributed to the founding of the National Training Laboratories in Bethel, Maine in 1947 – now part of the National Education Association – and to their development of training groups or T-groups.
The advantage of remembrance can be explained by looking at Lewin's field theory: a task that has already been started establishes a task-specific tension, which improves cognitive accessibility of the relevant contents. [4] The tension is relieved upon completion of the task, but persists if it is interrupted.
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