It’s History
This test was previously known as the Goodenough Draw-a-Man test, and it was created by Dr. Florence Goodenough in 1926. Her book, Measurement of Intelligence by Drawings, goes into great length about it. The Goodenough–Harris Drawing Test was later altered and extended by Dr. Dale B. Harris, and it is now known as the Goodenough–Harris Drawing Test.
The test is “routinely administered as an indicator of schizophrenia,” according to psychologist Julian Jaynes, who wrote in his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind that while not all schizophrenic patients have trouble drawing a person, when they do, it is “clear evidence of a disorder.”A patient’s failure to include “evident anatomical components like hands and eyes,” as well as “blurred and disconnected lines,” uncertain sex, and general deformation, are all possible indications. This test has not been validated as a diagnostic tool for schizophrenia. In a classic example of illusory association, Chapman and Chapman (1968) demonstrated that the scoring manual,Large eyes as a sign of paranoia, for example, could be caused by undergraduates’ ignorant views. Similarly, Harris discovered that personality testing using human figure sketching had no validity. He refused to interpret the stylization of features using “an extensive theory of symbolism,” choosing instead to let the youngster lead with a simple “Tell me about it” after the drawing.
A one-day workshop on Draw-a-Person Test (Goodenough–Harris Draw-a-Person Test) was conducted by INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOSPIRITUAL THERAPY COUNSELLING AND RESEARCH . The webinar was attended by 50+ participants. All the participants were trained the guidance Mr. Bharat Kumar (Trainer, Director).
Youtube link of the session conducted is below :
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