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If it is agreed that social indicators indicate or measure only within the context of a theory of social change, & if it is further assumed that theories of social change which deal only with social conditions, behavioral interchanges or transactions, & the material environment, are likely to be unsuccessful because they ignore the "mental" side of life, it follows that we will want our theories of social change, & the social indicators associated with them, to incorporate the cultural & group psychological aspects of social behavior. Data to be used as raw material for social indicators of culture & group psychology may be gathered from interviews & from cultural artifacts. The social indicators of the psychological aspects of society are found & must be compared in survey research & artifact analysis. Artifact analysis, however, has a potential for contributing to a theory of social change much greater than survey research. Analysis of literature, film, art, songs, & in general the imagery within the social communications is a far more fruitful, but little used, analytic tool. Modified HA.

At head of title: The Dimensionality of Nations Project, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.