Kurt Lewin’s Field Theory : B = f(P, E), Life Space and the 3 Types of Conflict | Social Psychology

Why do you act one way in the library and a completely different way at a party? Kurt Lewin's Field Theory explains it with one simple formula: B = f(P, E), behaviour is a function of the person and the environment. In this animated lesson we cover the life space, the foreign hull, regions and locomotion, valence, vectors and barriers, tension systems and the Zeigarnik effect, the three types of conflict (approach–approach, avoidance–avoidance, approach–avoidance), contemporaneity, force field analysis, and the main criticisms. Full Social Psychology playlist :    • Social Psychology   0:00 The waiter who forgot everything 0:37 What we'll learn 0:56 Who was Kurt Lewin? 1:39 B = f(P, E) 2:18 Same person, different environment 2:58 Person vs situation 3:23 Why "field" theory? 3:49 The life space 4:25 The foreign hull 4:45 Regions and locomotion 5:24 Valence 5:53 Vectors and barriers 6:28 Tension systems and the Zeigarnik effect 7:15 The 3 types of conflict 9:02 Contemporaneity 9:30 Lewin's legacy: group dynamics, action research, force field analysis 10:02 Criticisms 10:33 Summary 11:03 Next: Social Exchange Theory #SocialPsychology #KurtLewin #FieldTheory #Psychology