Department of Psychology, JMU Würzburg, Röntgenring 10, 97070, Würzburg, Germany.
Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Schleichstraße 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Psychol Res. 2022 Nov;86(8):2341-2351. doi: 10.1007/s00426-021-01631-1. Epub 2021 Dec 24.
Hundred years ago, Kurt Lewin published a series of articles in which he vehemently argued against the idea that associations between stimuli and responses motivate behavior. This article reviews his empirical work and theory and the cogency of Lewin's conclusion according to modern standards. We conclude that Lewin's criticism of the contiguity principle of associationism is still valid, and is now supported by a broad range of theories on learning, motivation, and action control. Implications for modern dual-system theory and modern theories on motivated action and (instructed) task sets are discussed.
一百年前,库尔特·勒温发表了一系列文章,强烈反对刺激与反应之间的联系能激发行为的观点。本文回顾了他的实证工作和理论,以及根据现代标准,勒温的结论的说服力。我们的结论是,勒温对联想主义的接近性原则的批评仍然是有效的,并且现在得到了广泛的关于学习、动机和行为控制的理论的支持。本文讨论了这一观点对现代双重系统理论以及现代动机行为理论和(指令性)任务集理论的影响。