An investigation of the Machover Personality Projection Test as an approach to locating personality

94 Pages·1958·10.92 MB·English

by  Dwinell, Alice J.

Boston University
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1958
An investigation of the Machover
Personality Projection Test as an
approach to locating personality
problems at the first grade level
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Thesis
AN INVESTIGATION
of' the
MACHOVER PERSONALITY PROJECTION TEST
AS AN APPROACH TO LOCATING
PERSONALITY PROBLEMS AT THE
FIRST GRADE LEVEL.
Submitted by
Alice J. Dwinell
(B.S. in Ed., Boston University, 1939)
In partial f'ulf'illment of' requirements f'or
the degree of' Master of' Education
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First Reader: Helen Blair Sullivan, Professor of Education!
Second Reader: Mabel s. Noall, Assistant Professor of
Education
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The writer wishes to express her appreciation to
Pro~essor Helen Blair Sullivan for her help in the prepa-
ration o~ this study.
The writer is most grate~ul to Pro~essor Mabel s.
Noall ~or her interest, guidance, and assistance in the
organization and analysis of this problem.
Gratitude is extended to Dorothea Lazzari and Margaret
Ennis, teachers, who assisted in conducting the classroom
experiment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. PROBLEM, PROCEDURE AND PRESENTATION PLAN • • , 1
Statement of the Problem • . . . . . . • • • 1
Introduction • • . . . . . . . . . . 1
Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Plan of Presentation •• . . . . . . . . . . 5
II. RELATED RESEARCH • • • • • . . • • • . . . • • 9
III. Analysis of Data ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 27
IV. SID'll-1ARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS • • • 49
BIBLIOGRAPHY • • • . . . • • • • . . . • •
APPENDIX ••• • • • • • . . . . . . . . . . .
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE PAGE
I. Distribution of Population of Girls, Boys 3
and girls and Boys According to C.A.'s and
I.Q.. 1 s .......... · · · · • 29
II. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of
Girls by Machover Drawings and by Person-
ality Test with Cutting Line at 20th
Percentile • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 30
III. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
by Machover Drawings and by California
Personality Test with Cutting Line at
20th Percentile • • • • • • • • • • • . . . 31
IV. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
and Girls by Machover Drawings and by
California Personality Test with Cutting
Line at 20th Percentile • • 32
V. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Girls
by Machover Drawings and by California
Personality Test with Cutting Line at
30th Percentile • • • 33
VI. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
by Machover Drawings and by California
Personality Test with Cutting Line at
30th Percentile • • • • • • • 34
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE PAGE
VII. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
and Girls by Machover Drawings and by
California Personality Test with Cutting
Line at 30th Percentile ••••••• • ••• 35
VIII. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Girls
by Machover Association Test and by
California Personality Test with Cutting
Line at 20th Percentile • • • • • • • • • • 36
IX. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
by Machover Association Test and by
California Personality Test with Cutting
Line at 20th Percentile •••••• . . . • • 37
X. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of
Girls and Boys by Machover Association
Test and California Personality Test with
Cutting Line at 20th Percentile . . . . . • 38
XI. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Girls
by Machover Association Test and by
California Personality Test with Cutting
Line at 30th Percentile. • • • . • • . • • • 39
XII. · Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
by Machover Association Test and by
California Personality Test with Cutting •• 40
LIST OF TABIES
TABLE PAGE
XIII. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
and Girls by Machover Association Test and
by California Personality Test with Cutting
Line at 30th Percentile • . . . . . . . . . 41
XIV. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Girls
by Machover Drawings and by Machover Asso-
ciation Test. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 42
XV. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
by Machover Drawings and by Machover Asso-
ciation Test. • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• 43
XVI. Comparison of Problem Discrimination of Boys
and Girls by Machover Drawings and by
Machover Association Test • • • • • • • •• 44
XVII. A Summary of the Comparison of Problem Dis-
crimination by Machover Drawings with
Story Association and by California
Personality Test. • • . . . . . . . . . . . 45
XVIII. Extent of Agreement Between Machover Drawings
and Nachover Associations in Discriminating
Girls with Problems •••••••••••• L~6
XIX. Extent of Agreement Between Machover Drawings
and Machover Associations in Discriminating
Boys with Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE PAGE
XX. Extent or Agreement Between Machover Drawings
and Machover Associations in Discrim-
inating Boys and Girls with Problems ••• 48
CHAPTER I
PROBLEM, PROCEDURE, AND PRESENTATION PLAN
I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Introductiona Today both school and teacher work to
provide "an adequate setting for the individuality of stu-
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dent needs" •
..
It is recognized that basic trends in character have
already been formed at the age of six or seven. Too often
the efforts on the part of teachers to help children become
well-adjusted in a group situation by understanding them
has been postponed until a later date and by then many un-
desirable patterns have been set.
It is the responsibility of the first grade teacher
who wants to help children grow to their fullest c~pacity to
understand the needs of each particular child. Recent
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studies show· that, it is entirely possible to detect de-
viations very early if the adults who are associated with
these boys and girls are alert to the symptoms and their
2
meaning".
1
Arthur T. Jersild, In Search of Self, New York:
Teachers College, Columbia U:niversity-,-1952, p. 5.
2
Helen Augusta Prince, Beginnings of Maladjustments
and Delinquencies, A Study of the Methods of Detection Used
in Thirteen Large Cities, Unpublished Master's Thesis,
Boston University, 1947, P• 1.
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