LEWIN´S FIELD THEORY
Topological Theory of Personality as Link
between Psychology and Physics?
Topics
■ Structure
■ Development
■ Dynamics (lifelike situation)
■ Anxiety conflict theory
■ Criticism
■ +Discussion
Structure
P
E
Life spaceP= Person
E= Environment
Life space= P + E
Person
Behaving self (perception and motoric)
Inner self (needs, beliefs, memories, fears…)
Kurt Lewin‘s model of person (Psychológia osobnosti 1997, p. 220)
Environment
Divided into the regions (connected or nonconnected)
Completely subjective
Based on present moment
■ Process of differentiation
Development
18 months
Early adulthood Adulthood
After birth
Motivation
■ Based on homeostasis (state without needs)
■ Need cause tension
■ Tension creates vector (magnitude and direction)
■ Every region has valence (attractiveness X repulsiveness)
■ Vectors leads to locomotion
Life-like situation+
Psychology
Barbershop
Mc
Traveling
D +
M +
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Biology - Medicine Biology
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Medicine - History
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Maths -
Anxious conflict theory
■ Conflict of valences
■ Positive X Negative
■ Positive X Positive
■ Negative X Negative
■ Ambivalent X Ambivalent
Criticism
■ For using physical terms
Conclusion
■ Theory of personality includes 3 parts
■ Structure – life space made up by environment and person
■ Development – process of differentiation
■ Dynamics – reduction of tension
■ Anxiety as conflict of valences
■ Criticism for using physical terms
Sources
■ A dynamic theory of personality: Selected papers (1935) online:
https://archive.org/details/dynamictheoryofp032261mbp
■ C. Hall, G. Lindzey. Psychológia osobnosti. Slovenské pedagogické nakladateĺstvo.
Bratislava. 1997
DISCUSSION