THE APPLICATION OF PSYCHODRAMA TO RESEARCH IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Abstract

In discussing the application of the psychodramatic method to research in social anthropology it is well to keep in mind that the term social anthropology means different things to different people. Thus, it may be useful to state that, for all present purposes, social anthropology will be used here to refer to a comparative study of human behavior in different societies. Having said that much one is still under obligation to define what kinds of behavior one wants to study. Behavior is a very comprehensive term which refers to the totality of motor events that occur in individuals. As social scientists, anthropologists are more specifically interested in the ways human beings behave toward each other, or in respect to each other; i.e., in interpersonal relations