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"If you want to truly understand something, try to change it." ~ Kurt Lewin

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Field Theory vs Force Field Theory[edit]

I don't recognize "Force" as being part of Lewin's Field Theory. Also the main article on this subject is called Force Field Theory. Moreover there is no entyr point on the disambiguation page for Field Theory pointing to Lewin's Field Theory. I'm no expert at psychology so I leave it for others to do any corrections if necessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.234.247.50 (talk) 12:47, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Polish-american?[edit]

Hi! I think he was a german-american, not a polish-american. So it was here in the article till to the Edit of January 13 2012. TomGaribaldi (talk) 10:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC) I (re)changed it now, because he had german and later american, but not polish citicenship. He was born in Posen, what then was part of Germany. As far as I can see he belonged to the german minority in Posen, that lived side by side with polish people in Posen. But he has a german name und spoke the german language als his mother tounge. Also the family moved inside germany while he was a child.TomGaribaldi (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:49, 16 February 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Citation for 1947 article[edit]

The article twice references 1947 article(s) but does not provide the citation. Anyone know it? Vajrapoppy (talk) 20:05, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lewinian spiral[edit]

One of the key concepts in action research, developed by Kurt Lewin, is that of the "spiral" - often referred to as the Lewinian spiral. I've taken the liberty of adding a parenthetic comment about it's being called that.

I haven't included a specific reference - but the expression is very widely used in the literature (as a quick google search for "Lewinian spiral" will reveal). --peter_english (talk) 09:41, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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"refreezing" is an oft used misquote. In "Frontiers of Group dynamics" 1947 Lewin uses the word "freezing". I believe that he does this in order emphasize the change; refreezing might be taken to imply that some part of the old is frozen.

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"(modern) Poland"[edit]

Oprah Winfrey, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison ... born in "(modern) USA", previously Nativ Americans Theritory. It was meant a bit ironically ... but Mogilno (Lewin's birthplace) has been since Poland was founded in the 9th century, inhabited by Polish People. Since this area was occupied by the barbaric german army ... you can't call that area that has always been Polish as "modern" Poland. Because this area was previously also Poland and because it's ridiculous. . And the question of nationality ... If a child was born in the USA and has Polish parents, the American authorities call him an "American". Why is a person like Lewin, who was born in Poland, not logically referred to as a "Pole"? It is inconsistent. When the USA was partially occupied by Japan ... can Americans born during this period be called Japanese? You make Lewin to German because this area was occupied by Germany. You have call all Americans born in accupied USA Japanese. This is consistent. Or better reconsider the statements made in the article. . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4CA0:6FFF:11:0:0:0:D3 (talk) 10:47, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lewins 1947 article[edit]

"In a 1947 article, Lewin coined the term "group dynamics". But the enumeration of his publications does not mention this article.Cuauti (talk) 20:17, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Born in Poland[edit]

Kurt Lewis was born in Poland in the part which was occupied by Prussia during that time. He was born in the town Morgilno located in the central Poland. In 1920 this part of land returned to Poland. 122.104.87.131 (talk) 02:10, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]