Advances in Field Theory

Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she was a professorof psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Centerat Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University’s Great Teacher Awardin 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings.Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders;and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was editor of the Handbook of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research articles for publication.

• IntroductionAdvancing Field TheoryPART ONE: THEORETICAL ADVANCES: THE BEGINNINGSField Theory in Social ScienceWhat Made It CreativeThe Study of Everyday Life - Anitra KarstenDemocracy in the Research Team - Ralph WhiteEnthusiasm for the Work - Morton DeutschWoe unto You that are a Grandchild - Kurt W BackKurt Lewin′s Films and Their Role in the Development of Field Theory - Mel van Elteren and Helmut E LuckPART TWO: THEORETICAL ADVANCES: PRESENT CONSTRUCTIONSWorld FieldsTwo `Field Theories′ - Martin GoldField Theory and the Construction of Social Problems - Susan A Wheelan and Vicki AbtA Relational PerspectiveKurt Lewin in China - Shen HeyongOn the Nature of the Next Generation of Issues - Fred EmerySocial ProcessesThe Family as a Special Group - Kurt W BackBoundaries and DynamicsTopological Psychology of Abnormal Syndromes - Matthew MaibaumLewin on UnrealityTwo Paradigms in Developmental Studies of Language - Ana Marjanovic-ShaneAn Old Controversy in New ClothesCooperation, Conflict and Justice - Morton DeutschSocial Comparison, Relative Deprivation and Pupil Interaction - Emmy A PepitoneHomogeneous Versus Heterogeneous ClassroomsInterpersonal and Intergroup Methods of Managing Social Conflict - Murray Horwitz and Norman H BerkowitzPART THREE: ADVANCES IN APPLICATIONSWorld FieldsGroup Dynamics, Action Research and Intergroup Relations - Susan A Wheelan and Eugene H StiversStrategies for Arab-Jewish Conflict Management Workshops - David Bargal and Haviva BarSocial Psychiatric Field Studies in Oslo - Odd Steffen Dalgard, Trine Anstorp, Kirsten Benum, Tom Sorensen and Torbjorn MoumSome Preliminary ResultsLevel of Aspiration Theory and Quality of Life in Cross-Cultural Research - Robert J Kleiner and Barnabas OkekeSocial ProcessesAction Research in the Voluntary Sector - Mark A CheslerA Case Study of Scholar-Activist Roles in Self-Help GroupsThe Social Agency as a Field of Forces - Willard C Richan and Robert J KleinerA Program Evaluation StrategyThe Etiology of Academic Sex Discrimination - Ethel D Kahn and Frank B W HawkinshireResearch in ProgressLewin′s Paradigm of Planned Change - Frank B W Hawkinshire and William A LiggettTheory and Application