ABSTRACT
Applied Atmosphere in American Approach. Not much time or energy has been spent in the United States on theoretical discussions of character. Here the subject, as might perhaps be expected, took on an applied form, and the question asked by investigators was not so much : What is character ? as, How can character be judged ? But owing to the want of delimitation, and therefore the possibly loose usage of the term, it was thought best to centre attention on the larger field of personality which would comprise all traits and qualities of a non-intelligent nature. Temperament, attitudes, interests, emotions, instincts, moral judgment, sentiments, and true character traits are all treated as of a piece, and individuals have been subjected to more or less promiscuous experiments and tests presumably on the principle that with a great deal of mining some gold will probably turn up.
