%0 Journal Article %1 ash_cultural_1992 %A Ash, Mitchell G. %D 1992 %J American Psychologist %K externalist germany institutional iowa lewin psychology small-groups united-states %N 2 %P 198--207 %R 10.1037/0003-066X.47.2.198 %T Cultural Contexts and Scientific Change in Psychology: Kurt Lewin in Iowa %V 47 %X Kurt Lewin's scientific biography after his 1933 emigra- tionfrom Nazi Germany and his move to the United States exhibits a complex mix of continuity and change. In his work at the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station between 1935 and 1944, Lewin tried to recreate the scientific microculture that had formed around him in Berlin. In the process, he converted biography into theory, adapting to current cultural concerns, to then-prevailing research styles, and to changing institutional andfunding networks in American psychology. However, despite their considerable impact at the time, the later reception of Lewin's ideas and methods by American psychologists was ambivalent.

@article{ash_cultural_1992, abstract = {Kurt Lewin's scientific biography after his 1933 emigra- tionfrom Nazi Germany and his move to the United States exhibits a complex mix of continuity and change. In his work at the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station between 1935 and 1944, Lewin tried to recreate the scientific microculture that had formed around him in Berlin. In the process, he converted biography into theory, adapting to current cultural concerns, to then-prevailing research styles, and to changing institutional andfunding networks in American psychology. However, despite their considerable impact at the time, the later reception of Lewin's ideas and methods by American psychologists was ambivalent.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Ash, Mitchell G.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/275999ea7af60d39a8188545317f36baf/jpooley}, doi = {10.1037/0003-066X.47.2.198}, interhash = {7a02605c545d3186d7418d46376502e1}, intrahash = {75999ea7af60d39a8188545317f36baf}, journal = {American Psychologist}, keywords = {externalist germany institutional iowa lewin psychology small-groups united-states}, number = 2, pages = {198--207}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {Cultural {{Contexts}} and {{Scientific Change}} in {{Psychology}}: {{Kurt Lewin}} in {{Iowa}}}, volume = 47, year = 1992 }