Kurt Lewin How our environment shapes our behavior. By PT Staff published March 1, 2001 - last reviewed on June 4, 2025 Share. Tweet. Share on Bluesky. Share. Email. GROUP DYNAMICS.

Kurt Lewin was the doctoral advisor to Leon Festinger, who gave the world social comparison theory (Festinger, 1954) and cognitive dissonance theory (Festinger, 1957).

Throughout his life, Dr. Lewin was active in the field of Jewish education. An ardent and lifelong Zionist, he visited Palestine on several occasions. He was born in Mogilno, Germany, in 1890 and ...

A refugee from Nazi Germany, Kurt Lewin, founded social psychology. Imagine a world where the U.S. shipped him back to die with his mother and sister in the concentration camps.

Kurt Lewin How our environment shapes our behavior. By PT Staff published March 1, 2001 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016 ...

Kurt Lewin was the doctoral advisor to Leon Festinger, who gave the world social comparison theory (Festinger, 1954) and cognitive dissonance theory (Festinger, 1957).