Employment of drawing in psychology
---Drawings were used in psychological treatments for the child at the same level as
other techniques are used, such as playing and using dolls, and this activity allows the
use of feelings and feelings as well as psychological representations. Especially those
related to the analytical side of the personality. It is one of the techniques that allows
to arouse the child's subconscious and allows it to be formulated at the same level of
language as the adult. The child is able to use the drawing as an equivalent to the free
associations used in the psychoanalysis of the adult. The credit for introducing the
technique of graph analysis into the world of child psychotherapies is due to the
laying of the foundation stone for child psychoanalysis in France 1887-1940.Sophie
Morgenstern(( When I talked about a method of treatment for a child who suffered
from mental dumbness))Mutes Psychogenic) where she used graphics and linked
them with psychotherapy sessions. Psychology's use of drawings in general is
increasing and expanding not only in the field of measuring mental abilities, but also
in the field of in-depth clinical diagnosis, there are tests that measure intelligence
such as the American man's drawing test Good enough Florence And some of them
measure personality, such as the tree drawing of the Swiss scientist Koch 1934 And
the French scientist, Renee Store And the "Ball" test, which collected the drawings of
the house, the tree and the person in 1948.
The first specialists who cared about children's drawings
Psychologists have been interested in studying children's drawing and its various
uses in various fields, and we will discuss in the following some works related to
trends and studies that have been concerned with children's drawings. And this
enables us to say that children’s drawings go through a life cycle of their own, and
since we are interested in the expressive aspect of this activity, we will shed light on
the specialists who dealt with this aspect of them: Loki was able toLuquet Dividing
the development of drawing according to the child's age stages, and showing that this
activity defines an important period in childhood, as it is a rich means of expression.
As for Prodomo Prudommeau Use the graphics to measure the mental level of the
child and the sensory, motor and emotional disturbances of the children by asking the
subjects to imitate some of the drawings. Through imitation to measure both the
mental level. Gardner focus Gardner In his study of the interests of the child, he tries,
through the pen and colors, to reveal his feelings and his external world, showing the
relationship between drawing and the child's life.
I touched the Plaza Plaza In one of her articles on the role of drawing in the
diagnosis of the psychologist, she mentioned that this activity is an expressive type
for most children. As for Dobian Debienne She believes that drawing enables us to
know the child's view of his external world and the way he perceives and expresses it,
and this projected perceptual act allows one way or another to know the child's
psychological, physiological and relational structure. Except for
FidelucciiD.WIDLOCHER He is credited with highlighting three values for
children's drawings: the expressive value, the projective value and the narrative value.
And he was able to give a new analysis of it, as he analyzed the drawing as he
analyzed dreams. It is a technique that has added a lot to the interpretation of
children's drawings, by giving importance to color, space, symbols and their
representations. As to Winnicott WINNICOTT He created a new method in treating
the child using drawing, as the psychotherapist creates a shape and the child must
complete it. He called it the "Skigel" method. Squiggle.
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