Carolina QuotesThe valence of an object usually derives from the fact that the object is a means to the satisfaction of a need, or has indirectly something to do with the satisfaction of a need.
Kurt Zadek Lewin Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 78.
- work
- A Dynamic Theory of Personality, 1935
- year
- 1935
- locator
- p. 78
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