Lewin

So to make sense of Lewin's ideas, I'm trying to relate them to the research I have been a part of lately... one of my main interests has been attachment theory. In a way, I feel the social psychological folks interpretation of attachment theory fits with Lewin's ideas. So while attachment theory emphasizes the importance of early life experiences with primary caregivers as a foundation to "internal working models" about love and closeness, social psychologist are most often interested in assessing peoples current feelings/perceptions about close relationships (as opposed to developmental psychologists who take a more psychoanalytic approach) to see how this might impact their functioning in relationships. In a way I feel this fits with Lewin's statements about their subjective expectations about the future or assessments of the past.

So, would Lewin argue that drawing connections between parental sensitivity in early childhood and let's say, teenage social functioning, is not appropriate under field theory? And that if such associations are studies, it makes more sense to pursue them under a different name and for the sake of statistically, objectively, predicting future events across a population?