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It Is All About Control: The Power of the Situation

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Posted by Films For Action on Jul. 31, 2009
27 min - Documentary - 6146 Views

"Social situations significantly control individual behavior. For Lewin, human behavior is always a function of the individual and the social environment. This means that the best and worst of human nature can be brought out by manipulating some aspects of the social environment."
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