Book
Personality and conflict in Jamaica
At the University Press • Liverpool • Published In 1952 • Pages:
By: Kerr, Madeline.
Abstract
This source analyzes how socio-cultural situations affect personality formation, starting from the premise that contemporary Jamaicans are in a situation of culture contact and conflict as a result of the legacies of slavery and colonization. The author provides detail on the life cycle, especially child rearing techniques. Politics, religion, and folklore are discussed as “projective” systems that reflect the unconscious thoughts and feelings of the populace. Data collection methods include intensive interviewing and the use of psychological projective tests, such as the Lowenfeld Mosaic and Rorschach.
- Subjects
- Behavior processes and personality
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Childhood activities
- culture
- Jamaicans
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Psychologist-5
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1975-1976
- Field Date
- 1947-1948
- Coverage Date
- 1947-1950
- Coverage Place
- Sugartown [pseudonym], Jamaica; Patentville [psuedonym], Jamaica; Orange Grove [psuedonym], Jamaica
- Notes
- Madeline Kerr
- The place names used in the document are fictitious: "Sugartown", "Patentville" and "Orange Grove," see Clarke (1957) for similar fictitious names.
- LCCN
- 58026087
- LCSH
- Jamaica--Social conditions
- Jamaica--Race relations