Teaching in a class the other day we were discussion motivation, getting people to do things. The next day I was reading a book called The Wisest One in the Room by Thomas Gilovich and Lee Ross. They were talking about the “push and pull of situations.” In this discussion they told of the research of social psychologist Kurt Lewin. It was very interesting.
Change of focus
Gilovich and Ross said that one of Lewin’s contributions to our understanding involved a simple change of focus. From that chapter:
