ABSTRACT
The broader theoretical aspects of the relation of personality to social role bear first upon the important question of the constitutional foundation of both personal differences and possible type classifications. Second, it brings into focus the importance of social interaction, especially in the early years, in fixing the basic mechanisms of interaction for the rest of life. Finally, the adaptation of individuals of particular kinds of constitutional and psychological make-up to societal demands or expectancies in role throws into relief one of the profoundest problems of social psychology and social science. The chapter reviews some of the more important efforts at dealing with individuals in terms of types, both psychological and morphological. For the most part, sociology and cultural anthropology have paid little attention to the matter of psychological types. For the most part, sociology and cultural anthropology have paid little attention to the matter of psychological types.
