CRITIQUE OF MORENO'S SPONTANEITY THEORY

Abstract

In developing the psychodrama as a diagnostic and therapeutic instrument and sociometry as a means of dealing quantitatively with interpersonal relations Moreno has made two major contributions to sociological and psychological techniques. The importance of these contributions is made obvious by their wholesale application. Sociometric charts are as useful to the ethnologist as to the school teacher and psychodrama may be employed to smooth out misunderstandings between management and labor as well as to probe for the cause of mental disorder.