Note in Discussion of Personality

Abstract

CWH¹ criticized various sociologists' conceptions of personality and defined it s “the sum and organization of the factors which condition the relations of individual to group.” Divided the traits of personality into two groups, those of the “individual” (animal, physical traits) and those of the “persons,” the products of culture, social influence, etc.

Citation

Emmett, R.B. (2011), "Note in Discussion of Personality", Emmett, R.B. (Ed.) Frank H. Knight in Iowa City, 1919–1928 (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 29 Part 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 379-380. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-4154(2011)000029B045