Solutions require thinking through a series of interrelated steps or stages, analyzing a number of rules at each point, and always keeping in mind co… - John Thibaut
" "Solutions require thinking through a series of interrelated steps or stages, analyzing a number of rules at each point, and always keeping in mind conclusions reached at earlier points.
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John Walter Thibaut (1917 - Feb. 19, 1986) was an American social psychologist, and Professor of Psychology at the . He was one of the last graduate students of Kurt Lewin, and the first editor of the .
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