Kurt Lewin
1890—1947
"If you want truly to understand something, try to change it."
勒温（1890—1947），德国心理学家，场论的创始人，社会心理学的先驱，以研究人类动机和团体动力学而著名。他试图用团体动力学的理论来解决社会实际问题，这一理论对以后的社会心理学发展有很大的影响。
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原 价:
Kurt Lewin is universally recognized as the founder of modern social
psychology. He pioneered the use of theory, using experimentation to
test hypotheses. He exposed the world to the significance of an
entire discipline--group dynamics and action research.
Unlike other philosophers, Lewin conducted many "action field
research" studies to understand social problems. His concept of
"field theory" developed from this approach with its assertion that
human interactions are driven by both the people involved and their
environment. Lewin focused particularly on the interactions among
races and the influences that affect inter-group and intra-group
relations. Ultimately, he wanted to identify the factors that could
make diverse communities function without prejudice and
discrimination. Another area of his research was in pursuit of
finding out why groups are so unproductive.
Lewin and his associates conducted notable research on the effect of
democratic, autocratic, and laissez-faire methods of leadership upon
the other members of groups. Largely on the basis of controlled
experiments with groups of children, Lewin maintained that contrary
to popular belief the democratic leader has no less power than the
autocratic leader and that the characters and personalities of those
who are led are rapidly and profoundly affected by a change in
social atmosphere. In effecting such changes on human behavior
patterns, Lewin argued, the democratic group that has long-range
planning surpasses both the autocratic and laissez-faire groups in
creative initiative and sociality. As a general rule, he contended,
the more democratic the procedures are, the less resistance there is
to change.
Lewin was a Gestalt psychologist, and that approach materially
influenced him when he originated field theory. His work in this
area has been judged as the single most influential element in
modern social psychology, leading to large amounts of research and
opening new fields of inquiry.
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