Social psychology as a science was not introduced to the United States until the early 1900s. It was through the work of researchers such as Kurt Lewin, Floyd Henry Allport, and Leon Festinger that social psychology was able to establish itself as a legitimate field of scientific study.

Choose 1 of the 3 researchers (Kurt Lewin, Floyd Henry Allport, or Leon Festinger) and describe the following:

• A brief history of that researcher
• A summary of the experiments and research conducted
• An explanation and discussion of any theories that are attributed to the researcher’s work