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482:. Another major theme of his work was the concept of "Crude Law", which studied the relationships between attitudes, behavior, and relationships. Through his research Deutsch determined that the typical effects of a given relationship tend to induce that relationship. Thus, the typical effects of cooperation induce friendly, helpful behavior and friendly, helpful behavior will induce a cooperative relationship. His Crude Law as well as his research into distributive justice expanded the breadth of his body of work in the field of conflict resolution. 31: 555:

In 1969 Deutsch was awarded the Kurt Lewin Memorial Award, named for his PhD mentor at MIT. He was awarded the 1993 and inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award given out every two years by the International Association for Conflict Management. His citation for the award stated that Deutsch had also won

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in May of that year. In a 1951 newspaper interview with Louis Danzig, the Director for the segregated housing projects stated that, "The study has served as a catalyst to the re-examination of our basic interracial policies in housing and as a stimulus to their change. Many of us have long felt that

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to study trust between small groups or pairings of individuals. During this period his work in conflict resolution continued to grow in influence, including his differentiation between constructive conflict and destructive conflict. The impact of his work was seen both in theory and in practice—for

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in 1981, and delivered his inaugural address on April 22, 1982. Through his work during this phase of his career, he became known as an authority in the fields of conflict resolution, social justice, intergroup relations, and social psychology. In 1986 Deutsch founded the International Center for

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Socio-psychological Prize, to mention a few. Dr. Deutsch has received several lifetime achievement awards for his work on conflict management, cooperative learning, peace psychology, and the applications of psychology to social issues". Deutsch was the recipient of the Teachers College Medal for

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and small group processes. While at Bell one of the more prominent experiments he conducted was the Acme-Bolt Trucking game, which concluded that when an individual has the opportunity to apply threat to another in competition they will use it and that this threatening behavior does not lead to

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artificial separation of colored and white families was an unwholesome procedure. However until the study of Dr. Deutsch and Mrs. Collins, we had no scientific evidence to substantiate our feelings." Modern commentators have accredited Deutsch's research as a valuable contribution to the end of

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among goals (cooperative versus competitive) and types of actions taken (effective versus bungling). The study uses three concepts to develop their implications for the social processes and personal relations that occur in groups: substitutability (how a person's actions are able to satisfy the

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also inaugurated a Morton Deutsch Award in 2004, for the best article published in Social Justice Research. The Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division of APA also offers an annual Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award funded by the

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His work in this period also revolved around the concept of "distributive justice", relating to the distribution of goods and conditions affecting the well-being of individuals in a group, as a separate concept from procedural justice. This research culminated in his 1985 book

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Deutsch was also a founding member of the World Dignity University initiative and Global Advisory Board Member of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies organization. Variously Deutsch was also President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the

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In 2005 the ICCCR inaugurated the annual Morton Deutsch Award, provided to both a scholar-practitioner in the field of social justice and also to the winner of a student paper competition. The ceremony for the awards is held each year in April. The

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CCNY. Deutsch received distinguished scientific contribution awards from three professional societies: the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in 1985; the American Psychological Association in 1987; and the William James Fellow Award of the

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Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Columbia. The goal of the Center was to integrate the theory of conflict resolution with its actual practice. For example, in 1987 the Center was involved in training teachers in

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While at MIT Deutsch also met his future wife Lydia Shapiro when he was assigned to supervise her work under Lewin. They married on June 1, 1947, a year and a half after they met, and have remained together ever since.

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house the Morton Deutsch Collection, which consists of a print and online archive of his work. In his retirement, Deutsch served at Columbia as E.L. Thorndike Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education.

1103: 345:. The results of their study led to a reversal of policy in publicly held residential developments and to the belief that segregated housing was undemocratic. The study was published under the title 589:

In addition to receiving these awards, he has been honored by the establishment of the Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award by the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution.

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in 1957. In addition to his work as a social psychologist, he conducted a small practice as a psychotherapist until his retirement in the late 1980s. In 1956, he joined the staff of the

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One of the first projects of Deutsch's academic career was a study of group tension and racial attitudes as a part of the Commission on Community Interrelations of the

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between in his retirement,. Over his career he mentored nearly 70 PhD students, most of them at Teachers College. In 2005 author Erica Frydenberg wrote a

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Morton Deutsch (1969). "The Kurt Lewin Memorial Award Presentation by The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues to Morton Deutsch".

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This led to the major theoretical contribution Deutsch made during his early career; the "Theory of Cooperation and Competition", which studies

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comparing the psychological effects and productivity of cooperative groups and competitive groups. Deutsch worked as a part of Lewin's

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Morton Deutsch (September 1983). "Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice". Political Psychology. pp. 432–3.

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Morton Deutsch (September 1983). "Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice". Political Psychology. p. 431.

920:"Conflict Resolution: The Missing Link Between Liberal International Relations Theory and Realistic Practice" in 1998: 1027: 850: 811: 333:. In 1951, Deutsch and coauthor Mary Evans Collins, working out of the Research Center for Human Relations at 543: 350: 516:, given to a practitioner that contributes to the theory of the field of conflict resolution or vice versa. 875: 447: 166: 1382: 378: 355: 1911:

Roe, M. D.; Wessells, M. G.; McKay, S. A. (2006). "Pioneers in U.S. peace psychology: Morton Deutsch".

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in 1962. This work continued from his initial concerns with nuclear warfare, including the idea of

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survey, published in 2002, ranked Deutsch as the 63rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

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APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology recipients

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In 1963 he made what would be his final move between institutions, when he started at

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