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German-American psychologist who founded social psychology's experimental tradition by developing field theory — representing behavior as a function of the person and their psychological environment — and pioneered the study of group dynamics.
American organization founded in 1947 by Lewin's students that developed T-groups (training groups) as a method for experiential learning about interpersonal dynamics — a practice that became the foundation of organizational development.
Research center founded by Kurt Lewin at MIT in 1945, later relocated to the University of Michigan, that institutionalized the experimental study of group behavior, social influence, and organizational change.