Personality and culture, the social science research council, and liberal social engineering: the advisory committee on personality and culture, 1930-1934
Author
Dennis, B.
Date
2009Source 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
Type
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Abstract
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 committeeCultural 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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