Kurt Lewin & Field of Group Dynamics

Question 1

A German psychologist born on September 9, 1890.

Answer 1

Kurt Lewin

Question 2

He eventually completed a doctoral degree at the _____.

Answer 2

University of Berlin

Question 3

A psychological concept. Consist of a person and his psychological environment.

Answer 3

Field

Question 4

Every individual has his own field of _____ and _____.

Answer 4

perception & field forces

Question 5

The mental world in which a person lives at a defined moment of his life.

Answer 5

Psychological environment

Question 6

8 Important concepts in field theory:

Answer 6

• Life space
• Foreign Hull
• Topology
• Vector
• Valence
• Conflict
• Locomotion
• Barriers

Question 7

A psychological representation of individual’s environment.

Answer 7

Life space

Question 8

The person is often represented as a points moving about in his life.

Answer 8

A Person in Life Space

Question 9

Psychologically a person is composed of two components:

Answer 9

• Motor perceptual stratum (abilities)
• Inner personal stratum (needs)

Question 10

The life space is surrounded by a non psychological boundary.

Answer 10

Foreign Hull

Question 11

Non-metrical geometry which includes concepts such as inside, outside and boundary.

Answer 11

Topology

Question 12

In field psychology, it means a force that is influencing psychological movement towards or away from a goal.

Answer 12

Vector

Question 13

The attracting or repelling powers of regions. Objects may have either positive or negative.

Answer 13

Valences

Question 14

The object or goal which satisfy needs or are attractive to the person.

Answer 14

Positive Valence

Question 15

The object or goal which threatens the individual or are repulsive to the person.

Answer 15

Negative Valence

Question 16

The state of tensions brought in by the presence of two opposing desires in the individual.

Answer 16

Conflicts

Question 17

There are three types of conflicts:

Answer 17

• Approach-approach conflict
• Approach-avoidance conflict
• Avoidance-avoidance conflict

Question 18

• It arises when the person is caught in between two goals both having positive valences.
• It is a conflict between two positive goals which are equally attractive.

Answer 18

Approach-approach conflict

Question 19

• It arises when the person is caught in between a positive and a negative goal.
• The same object has strong positive valence as well as negative valence.

Answer 19

Approach-avoidance conflict

Question 20

It arises when a person is caught in between two goals both having negative valences. The person is like “caught in between devil and sea”.

Answer 20

Avoidance-avoidance conflict

Question 21

_____ in life space is delineated by a geometrical representation of the selection of alternative, the examining of possibilities, the setting out towards the goal.

Answer 21

Locomotion

Question 22

A psychological obstruction. They restrict the person’s movement towards the goal, and the path he must follow to reach his goal.

Answer 22

Barriers