Author Question: One of Kurt Lewin's boldest intellectual contributions to social psychology was a. applying ... (Read 130 times)

sheilaspns · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

One of Kurt Lewin's boldest intellectual contributions to social psychology was

a. applying Gestalt principles to social perception.
b. applying behavioral principles to the topic of social influence.
c. reminding social psychologists that objective physical attributes of a social stimulus are important.
d. promoting the use of observational methods.

Question 2

In commenting on the development of social psychology in the U.S., Dorwin Cartwright (1979) wrote, If I were required to name the one person who has had the greatest impact on the field, it would have to be Adolf Hitler. By this he meant that

a. Hitler's Mein Kampf was a philosophical treatise that influenced psychology.
b. Gestalt psychology came to the U.S. when Gestalt psychologists fled the Nazi regime.
c. Hitler used social-psychological principles to control the citizens of Germany.
d. World War II stimulated the U.S. economy, and there was more research funding for psychologists.