In commenting on the development of social psychology in the U.S., Dorwin Cartwright (1979) wrote, "If I were required to name the one person who has had the greatest impact on the field, it would have to be Adolf Hitler." By this he meant that __________.
A) Hitler's Mein Kampf was a philosophical treatise that influenced psychology
B) Gestalt psychology came to the U.S. when Gestalt psychologists fled the Nazi regime
C) Hitler used social-psychological principles to control the citizens of Germany
D) World War II stimulated the U.S. economy, and there was more research funding for psychologists

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Dorwin Cartwright meant that the development of Gestalt psychology was influenced by the Nazi regime as many Gestalt psychologists fled to the U.S. as refugees, bringing their ideas and research with them. This had a significant impact on the development of social psychology in the U.S.

In Commenting on the Development of Social Psychology in the U.S