ons , ▁and ▁family ▁fol kl ore . ▁In ▁his ▁analysis ▁of ▁M orm on ▁fol kl ore , ▁he ▁finds ▁that ▁it ▁usually ▁supports ▁certain ▁behav iors ▁and ▁authority , ▁but ▁allows ▁for ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁re bell ion . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁fol kl ore ▁changes ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁passed ▁between ▁members ▁to ▁reflect ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁telling ▁it . ▁The ▁stories ▁become ▁" ps ych olog ically ▁true " ▁even ▁if ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁happen ▁in ▁fact . ▁ ▁Wilson ▁rev ital ized ▁the ▁Fol kl ore ▁Society ▁of ▁Ut ah ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁by ▁holding ▁meet ings ▁with ▁the ▁Ut ah ▁State ▁Historical ▁Society . ▁He ▁gave ▁lect ures ▁to ▁various ▁soci eties ▁and ▁" any one ▁who ▁would ▁listen " ▁about ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁fol kl ore ▁studies . ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁Wilson ▁cha ired ▁the ▁Fol k ▁Arts ▁P anel ▁on ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁the ▁Ut ah ▁Arts ▁Council . ▁He ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁End ow ment ▁for ▁the ▁Arts ▁Fol k ▁Arts ▁P anel ▁for ▁four ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁during ▁which ▁he ▁applied ▁for ▁and ▁received ▁fund ing ▁for ▁an ▁annual ▁Cow boy ▁Po etry ▁G ather ing ▁in ▁El ko , ▁Nev ada . ▁Wilson ▁was ▁the ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Red d ▁Center ▁for ▁Western ▁Studies , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁Human