book chapter
The thematic apperception technique in the study of culture-personality relations
The Journal press • (35) • Published In 1947 • Pages: 103-135
By: Henry, William Earl.
Abstract
The author describes the application of the Thematic Apperception Tests (TAT) to ethnic groups in order to study the contact and interaction between personality and culture. Only his general conclusions drawn from an analysis of the findings as they relate to the Navajo, and his evaluation of the TAT's reliability in yielding data on children in societies other than our own, are excerpted for this file. The actual TAT pictures used have also been omitted as they are not necessary for an understanding of the author's text. Henry compares his data with the findings of a series of Rorschach tests given to Navajo children, and an anthropological study of child behavior patterns contained in THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CHILDREN, by Kluckhohn and Leighton (published as CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLE, 2: Leighton and Kluckhohn in this file). As a result, he concludes that the TAT provides data 'invaluable for the study of personality in other societies.'
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Unknown
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1942-1943
- Coverage Place
- Navaho Mountain, Arizona, and Shiprock and Ramah, New Mexico,United States
- Notes
- by William E. Henry
- This document consists of excerpts
- 'References': p. 135
- LCCN
- 47004452
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians