Truk: Man in Paradise

Gladwin, T.; Sarason, S. (1953). Truk: Man in Paradise. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology (Report). New York, NY: Wenner-Gren Foundation. p. 72. doi:10.2307/588141.

Abstract: The basic objective of the study was to explore the process of personality development in… Truk (now "Chuuk") or, more exactly, Romonum." Gladwin reports ethnological data from field studies made during 7 months in 1947. Sarason scored and interpreted Rorschach and TAT tests given to 23 selected Trukese. The life of the island is described in detail including care of children, adolescence, sex and marriage, and adulthood. Trukese personality is described from the test records and then related to the ethnological findings. The Trukese infant and child are dependent on parents whose demands are inconsistent, with a resulting development of conformist conflict-avoiding behavior which characterizes the behavior of adults. Detailed projective test records and interpretations, and life histories of the 23 subjects are given. Sarason discusses methodological problems of projective tests and their field use in anthropology.

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