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Carrying on Kurt Lewin's Legacy in Many Current Domains Lewin Award 2015
Author(s) -
Zimbardo Philip G.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/josi.12196
Subject(s) - honor , sociology , perspective (graphical) , hollywood , psychoanalysis , shyness , adventure , psychology , epistemology , art history , visual arts , philosophy , art , anxiety , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
It is a great honor for me to receive this honor in the name of my professional model and idol, Kurt Lewin. I want to begin by sharing some of his unique history, which may not be widely known. Then, I will outline some of my research programs that were influenced by Lewin's pioneering thinking, experiments, and social applications. Part of my generalist orientation also comes from appreciation of the breadth of his interests. I shall describe my research on: social influence, time perspective, evil, shyness, everyday heroism, and using films to share social psychology to the general public (as in the new Hollywood movie of The Stanford Prison Experiment ). I will also touch upon some of the curious coincidences in our life stories.