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Finally, we have used many examples from Allport’s analysis of Jews. Our purpose in presenting these examples is to illustrate some of the underlying processes and conflicts rather than to argue for the personality similarity between Chinese and Jews. These typological characters have been carried to their logical extremes in an attempt to gain insight into some of the underlying dynamics and conflicts. Any typological analysis tends to limit the number of relevant variables it can handle. 2. It is our impression that these polar types have been used in reality.

Although test profiles for Asian and for nonAsian students were similarly patterned, the severity was clearly greater for Asian males. The combined test profiles for Chinese males also indicated problems involving blunted affect, dependency, inferiority feelings, ruminations, somatic complaints, and lack of social skills. The most common diagnosis for these problems is pseudoneurotic schizophrenic. Interestingly, Chinese females exhibited less disturbance than males, perhaps because 20% of the females applied for theraputic abortions rather than for ‘‘purely’’ psychological problems.

The Case of Gale K. Gale K. is a 22 year-old, first year graduate student in biochemistry. His father, once employed in an engineering firm, died recently from cancer. His 52 year old mother is currently employed at the San Francisco airport as a receptionist. Gale was born and raised in Oakland, California. He has three sisters, all of whom are married. Much of Gale’s early life was filled with conflict and antagonism between him and his parents. , Gale did not confine his social life exclusively to other Chinese-Americans.