Mogilno, Province of Posen, German Empire (now Poland)
Died
12 February 1947(1947-02-12) (aged 56)
Newtonville, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality
German
Citizenship
German Empire, United States
Alma mater
University of Berlin
Known for
Group dynamics
action research
Force-field analysis
T-groups
Spouses
Maria Landsberg
(m. 1917; div. 1927)
Gertrud Weiss
(m. 1929)
Children
4
Scientific career
Fields
Psychology
Institutions
Institute for Social Research Center for Group Dynamics (MIT) National Training Laboratories Cornell University Duke University
Thesis
Die psychische Tätigkeit bei der Hemmung von Willensvorgängen und das Grundgesetz der Assoziation(1916)
Doctoral advisor
Carl Stumpf Kurt Koffka Max Wertheimer
Doctoral students
Dorwin Cartwright
Leon Festinger
Other notable students
Rudolf Arnheim
Morton Deutsch
Kurt Lewin (/lɛˈviːn/lə-VEEN; 9 September 1891 – 12 February 1947) was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology in the United States.[1] During his professional career Lewin applied himself to three general topics: applied research, action research, and group communication.
Lewin is often recognized as the "founder of social psychology" and was one of the first to study group dynamics and organizational development. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Lewin as the 18th-most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[2]
^In an empirical study by Haggbloom et al. using six criteria such as citations and recognition, Lewin was found to be the 18th-most eminent psychologist of the 20th century. Haggbloom, S.J. et al. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century. Review of General Psychology. Vol. 6, No. 2, 139–152. Haggbloom et al. combined three quantitative variables: citations in professional journals, citations in textbooks, and nominations in a survey given to members of the Association for Psychological Science, with three qualitative variables (converted to quantitative scores): National Academy of Sciences (NAS) membership, American Psychological Association (APA) President and/or recipient of the APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, and surname used as an eponym. Then the list was rank ordered.
^Haggbloom, Steven J.; Warnick, Renee; Warnick, Jason E.; Jones, Vinessa K.; Yarbrough, Gary L.; Russell, Tenea M.; Borecky, Chris M.; McGahhey, Reagan; Powell, John L. III; Beavers, Jamie; Monte, Emmanuelle (2002). "The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century". Review of General Psychology. 6 (2): 139–52. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.586.1913. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. S2CID 145668721.
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models). The first systematic study of group development was carried out by KurtLewin, who introduced the term "group dynamics". His ideas about mutual, cross-level...
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