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The Significance of Various Aspects in Drawings by Educationally Subnormal Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. C. Günzburg
H. C. Günzburg*
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Monyhull Hall, Birmingham
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During the past few years interpretations of drawings for the assessment of intellectual and emotional aspects of personality have been used frequently. Various scales have been designed on the basis of a correlation between the elaboration and complexity of a drawing on one side, and the intellectual capacity, as measured by orthodox intelligence tests, on the other side. The best known of these scales is Goodenough's “Draw-a-Man” test (13), which has been used extensively.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 96 , Issue 405 , October 1950 , pp. 951 - 975
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1950 

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