Problems of Power and Social Change: Toward a Relevant Social Psychology.

Kenneth B. Clark, professor at the City of New York University and recipient of the Kurt Lewin Memorial Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in the United States for his work in the development and integration of psychological research and social action, chose for his acceptance speech the topic "Problems of Power and Social Change: Toward a Relevant Social Psychology." For his first paragraphs, he discussed Bertrand Russell's concepts on social science. He discussed various issues such as social psychology, social power, social research, social system and social sciences. Clark stated that the choice for society and for social science is between capricious lawlessness, pre-scientific in its random patterns of change, and rational law, scientific in its plan for controlling the reality, rate and direction of change.