Dorwin Cartwright

{{Short description|Social psychologist (1915–2008)}}

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| name = Dorwin P. Cartwright

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1915|3|3|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa

| death_date = {{death date and age |2008|07|18 |1915|3|3|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Santa Barbara, California

| nationality = American

| fields = Social psychology

| workplaces = University of Michigan

| alma_mater = Swarthmore College
Harvard University

| thesis_title = Decision-time in Relation to the Differentiation of the Phenomenal Field

| thesis_url = http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990037775180203941/catalog

| thesis_year = 1940

| doctoral_advisors = Kurt Lewin
Edwin Boring

| doctoral_students = Alex Bavelas
Harold Kelley
John Thibaut
Robert Zajonc

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Dorwin Philip Cartwright (March 3, 1915 – July 18, 2008) was an American social psychologist, and considered one of the founders of the field of group dynamics. Cartwright's research and writing topics included the mathematical foundations of group dynamics, the sources of social power, the nature of group structure and the causes of risk taking in groups.{{cite web |first=Diane |last=Swanbrow |work=University Record |title=Obituary: Dorwin Cartwright |date=August 7, 2008 |url=http://www.ur.umich.edu/0708/Jul28_08/obits.php }} He was a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan for 31 years.