Kurt

Lewin
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lesson!
 Kurt Lewin
• German-American psychologist
• Known as the modern pioneers of social, applied psychology.

• Recognized as the "founder of a social psychology

• first to study group dynamics and organizational development .

• Kurt Lewin left Germany as the Nazis consolidated their

power.

• He adapted and applied the Gestalt

perspective to personality theory and social dynamics and

called it "Field Theory."

• He was also responsible for the founding of the National

Training Laboratories in Bethe Maine, best known for
"sensitivity training" for corporate leaders.
“Learning is more
effective when it is an
active rather than a
passive process.”

—Kurt Lewin
 ● In 1909, he entered the
Education of University of Freiburg to study
medicine,
Kurt Lewin
● Transferred to the University of
Munich to study biology.

● He became involved with the

Socialist movement and women's
rights

● He served in the German army

when World War I began.

● Due to a war wound, he returned

to the University of Berlin to
complete his Ph.D.
His Famous
Work Exam
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He also proposed a
perspective as an
Lewin coined
alternative to the
the notion of nature versus
genidentity. nurture debate.
 SOME
CENTRAL We are culturally taught how to
IDEAS see, look, and act.

An interest in intergroup conflict,

and in conflict between individual
and group wishes. Respects and humanizes our
opponents as well as
ourselves.

We always exist in relation to a

social context.
THE 3 STAGE
MODEL OF i on
CHANGE cl us
Con

• The model allows organizations to adapt

quickly in challenging and rapidly evolving
environments.

• This theory had a major impact on social

psychology, supporting the notion that our
individual traits and the environment
interact to cause behavior.
 3 MAJOR CONCEPTS

Driving Forces Restraining

Equilibrium
Forces
facilitates change inhibits change no change
Application CONCLUSIO
N • It can be applied to
any field.

• Brought a significant
contribution to nursing.

• An effective tool in
behavior modification.