Dorwin cartwright biography of abraham

Dorwin Cartwright, in his presidential address to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, noted that social power, long the prerogative of political scientists and philosophers, was a sadly neglected variable in social psychology.

As director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics, he encouraged and coordinated his colleagues and other social psychologists in clarifying and exploring the dynamics of social power.

On completing his doctoral studies at Harvard University in 1940, Cartwright accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at Iowa State University with Kurt Lewin, who was well known for his work in field theory.

When the United States became an active participant in World War II, Cartwright accepted an appointment from Rensis Likert to move to Washington, D.C., to join Likert's research program in evaluating opinions, attitude