ABSTRACT
The present investigation aimed at testing the hypotheses mentioned at the end of Chapter I. It was necessary, therefore, to obtain data about the child-rearing customs of two groups, selected as distinct sub-cultures, and to compare these. It was also necessary to gain information about the personalities of the members of the two groups to see whether there were similarities, which might denote the existence of a basic personality type, and differences, which might clearly show the importance of sub-cultural influences. The two sets of data were then to be considered together in an attempt to understand the course of development of the personalities and to formulate some hypotheses about the crucial aspects of the childhood experiences of each group.
