Force Field Theory

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FORCE FIELD

THEORY

Kurt Lewin


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was a famous, charismaticpsychologist who is now

viewed as the father ofsocial psychology. Born inGermany.

was well known for histerms life space andfield theory.

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INFLUENTIALCONTRIBUTIONSOF KURT LEWIN


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FieldTheoryis a psychological

theory whichexamines patterns of

interaction betweenthe individual and

the total field, or


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Group Dynamics

Is the study of groups, andalso a general term for groupprocesses.

In the fields ofpsychology,sociology, and communicationstudies,-- a group is two or

more individuals who areconnected to each other bysocial relationships.


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Force Field Analysis

is an influentialdevelopment in the fieldof social science.

a framework for looking at thefactors ("forces") that influence asituation, originally social

situations.

is a management

technique for diagnosing


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Driving Forces - are thoseforces affecting situationsthat are pushing in aparticular direction; they

tend to initiate a changeand keep it going.

Restraining Forces - are

forces acting to restrain ordecrease the driving forces.

Equilibrium - is reached


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Using thetechnique


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The first step is to draw a box within which you writethe decision. Then you list all the helping and hinderingforces. For example you want to buy a new car.


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Having spent some time trying to think of all the forces inplay you then assign a strength to each force between 1and 5 where 1 is weak and 5 is strong:

We can thenadd up thestrengths of

the forces togive a helping:hindering ratio.In this case it is7:11 so initiallyit looks like thedecision to buya new car willnot be made

because the


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If we do want the decision to go ahead we can now look forways to increase the helping forces and decrease thehindering forces.

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Looking at the

hindering forces:Cost: If I leased acar then I couldchange this from 4to 2.

Time: As I don'thave much time tolook at other modelsI could always justbuy the same modelwhich would change

this score from 4 to1.Which model: Wouldtherefore alsodecrease from 3 to

1.---So by decreasing


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orparticipatory action research

is a reflective process ofprogressive problem solving

led by individuals workingwith others in teams or aspart of a "

community of practice" to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_action_researchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflective_processhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_solvinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_solvinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflective_processhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_action_research


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The interactions that influence the attitudes and behav

ior ofpeople when they are grouped with others through

eitherchoice or accidental circumstances.


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