Description
Book SynopsisDescribes an empirically validated method for analyzing the thematic content of narratives as a tool for comparative research in Anthropology, Cultural Psychology and Ethnopsychiatry.
Trade ReviewGeorge DeVos is the premier anthropological expert on projective testing. This two volume study, which includes his new coding system for scoring the TAT, is indispensable for any anthropologist or psychologist interested in the relevance of the TAT for understanding the interaction between personality dynamics and social and cultural systems. -- Melford E. Spiro, UC-San Diego
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: The Thematic Apperception Test in Social Sciences Research: Historical and Methodological Considerations Chapter 2 The Self in Society: Theoretical Perspectives on Social Construction and Conscious Experience Chapter 3 Basic Dimensions in Conscious Thought: Categories Studied in the Present Volume Chapter 4 The Many Faces of Pain and Pleasure: The Emotive Self Chapter 5 Motives to Give, Succor, and Protect: The Fulfillment of Insufficiency and Dependency Chapter 6 Resonance, Closeness, and Communication: Affiliative Concerns in Human Relationships Chapter 7 Esteem: Evaluative Concerns with Social Acceptability Chapter 8 Harmony versus Discord: Humans as Socially Accommodative Animals Chapter 9 Achievement as a Will to Accomplish: A Sense of Purpose in Human Life Chapter 10 Competence and Mastery Chapter 11 Status Inequality and Patterns of Social Control Chapter 12 Responsibility: Human Potentials for Guilt Chapter 13 Mutual Purpose: Patterns of Competition and Cooperation Chapter 14 Human Concerns with Impersonal Forces and Inanimate Objects Chapter 15 The Existential Self: Scoring Themes Pertaining to the Supernatural or Thoughts of Suicide
