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      Personality and culture, the social science research council, and liberal social engineering: the advisory committee on personality and culture, 1930-1934

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      Dennis, B.
      Date
      2009
      Source Title
      Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
      Print ISSN
      1520-6696
      Publisher
      John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
      Volume
      45
      Issue
      4
      Pages
      355 - 386
      Language
      English
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      Article
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      The field of personality and culture was given a significant impetus during the 1930s with the establishment of the Advisory Committee on Personality and Culture (1930-1934) by the Social Science Research Council. This committee provided an early formulation of personality and culture that emphasized the interdisciplinary focus on the processes of personality formation within small-scale social settings. The committee's formulation also coupled personality and culture with a liberal social engineering approach geared toward cultural reconstruction. Major social scientists and clinicians were involved in the activities of the committee, including Edward Sapir, W. I. Thomas, E. W. Burgess, E. A. Bott, Robert S. Woodworth, Harry Stack Sullivan, C. M. Hincks, and Adolf Meyer.
      Keywords
      Advisory committee
      Cultural anthropology
      History
      Social control
      Social psychology
      Social welfare
      Sociology
      Advisory Committees
      Culture
      History, 20th Century
      Humans
      Personality
      Psychology, Social
      Social Control, Formal
      Social Sciences
      Social Welfare
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/22573
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.20396
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