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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Personality traits
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1942-1943
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navaho Mountain, Arizona, and Shiprock and Ramah, New Mexico,United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by William E. Henry
- This document consists of excerpts
- 'References': p. 135
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47004452
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians