1. The Children's Apperception Test with cerebral palsied and normal children.
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Holden, Raymond H. and HOLDEN, R H
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CHILDREN with developmental disabilities ,EDUCATIONAL psychology ,BRAIN-damaged children ,INTELLIGENCE levels ,GENETIC psychology ,CEREBRAL palsy ,PROJECTIVE techniques ,PSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,STATISTICAL sampling ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
In summary, the difference in approach to the CAT between cerebral palsied and non-brain-injured children is significant in terms of phenotypically giving more card descriptions than thema and genotypically in persisting in a concrete rather than an abstract attitude. This genotypic finding is related to similar conclusions, despite different cognitive or conative tasks, by Werner (13), Strauss and Werner (11), and Dolphin and Cruickshank (5). This study gives weight to a discontinuity theory of genetic psychology. On the basis of the present results, if confirmed by validation studies, the CAT might serve as one psychological differentiator between brain- injured and non-brain-injured children. Further research is required to determine the limits of mental ages which might be used as cut-off points to separate the two groups, the brain1injured and the non-brain-injured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1956
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