In this presentation the story will be shared of a research team that undertook a quest of revising the Gravesian archives at the Union College, Schenectady. Interesting data and insights were found – not previously shared. Graves departed from a psychological stance (1946-1986). Graves decided to conduct experiments that he hoped would reconcile the various approaches to human nature and questions about psychological maturity, as he saw elements of truth and error in all theories known at the time. Rather than construct a hypothesis about how the conflicting systems could be resolved, Graves posed several open-ended questions and looked to see what patterns would emerge from his data. While not typical at the time, these the approach would become known as Grounded Theory . Don Beck, with Graves, pivoted the theoretical development into a geo-political interpretation of contextual dynamics. insights gained from original Gravesion theory will be shared.
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