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Goodenough Harris Drawing Test

The Goodenough Harris Drawing test was administered to 14-year-old Shazad akram, who is performing below grade level in school. On the point scale of the test, Shazad scored below average for drawings of a man, woman, and self. His quality scale scores were also below average. The conclusions from the test results are that Shazad has below average intellectual maturity and mental capabilities for his age based on the standard scores being lower than 100.

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Goodenough Harris Drawing Test

The Goodenough Harris Drawing test was administered to 14-year-old Shazad akram, who is performing below grade level in school. On the point scale of the test, Shazad scored below average for drawings of a man, woman, and self. His quality scale scores were also below average. The conclusions from the test results are that Shazad has below average intellectual maturity and mental capabilities for his age based on the standard scores being lower than 100.

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Test: Goodenough Harris Drawing test

Demographics

Age 14 years old

Name Shazad akram

Gender Male

Education 4 class

Siblings 7

Religion Islam

Occupation Rickshaw driver

Marital Status single

Reason of referral

He is reading in 4 class but according to his parents he should be in next class. He is not paying
proper attention to his studies. He don’t learn his lesson. And he is also very talkative and careless.
He was in my neighbor so his parents decided to took him to me.

Presenting complaints

He don’t pay attention to his work, studies and according to his parents he is laging behind two
classes. He is talkative and careless. His playing hours are more than any other work including
studies.

Brief history
He is in my neighbor. His parent thinks he is naughty careless and poor in studies and dont pay
attention to his works. Her father always scolded him always for this reason but now whenever his
father is at home he is playing outside and try not to come in front of his father. There were not
any complication at the time of birth. He has seven siblings. He has not any good coordination
with his siblings because they are good in studies and he is not so good. So, he has left his studies
now because of this reason. He only goes to school and dose not study their. He has many friends,
they are also love to play every time. He has not so good reputation in class. So his mother took
him to me.

Here I will apply Goodenough harris drawing test at the initial to measure his mental maturity
level.

Goodenough Harris Drawing test introduction


The Draw-A-Man test was developed by Goodenough in 1926. It was the first formal figure
drawing test. It is used to estimate a child’s cognitive and intellectual abilities reflected in the
drawing’s quality. This type of projective test involves exactly you might imagine: you draw a
person and the image you created is then assessed by the examiner. It is also use to access intlectual
maturity of children from age range of 5 years to 15 years. The test has also been used to identify
the presence of unilateral spatial neglect (USN) in adult patients post-stroke.

Objective of the test

The main purpose of this test is to assist professionals in inferring child’s cognitive developmental
levels with little or no influence of other factors such as language barriers or special needs. It is
measure of intellectual maturation in children, to elicit personality type and unconscious material,
and as part of neuropsychologic test batteries. The test has also been used to identify the presence
of unilateral spatial neglect (USN) in adult patients post-stroke.

Administrating of test

The person were seated in relaxed and well lighted room. He was given led pencil. Then
he was asked to write the information in front of page. Then i told him to draw a picture of man.
After that a women and then his self. I told him draw the way he like draw. Wharever comes in his
mind related to pictures he can draw on them.

Interpretation

Table 2.1

The client raw scores and standard scores on the point scale are given below

Raw scores Standard scores Percentile score

Point scale

Man 33 83 13
Women 34 84 14

Average __ 83 13

Self 34 85 16

Table 2.2

The client raw and standard scores on quality scale are given below.

Raw score Standard score Percentile score

Quality scale
Men 4 79 8
Women 4 78 7
Average 78 7

According to the manual of Goodenough haris test the average standard score is 100 and
the person having standard score below 100 means that he is below than average and if it is above
than 100 that is mean he has good intellectual. So here client’s standard scores are lower than the
average score which means he is below than average and don’t have good mental capabilities and
intellectually he is not much mature than his age.

References

Dale B. Harris. (1963). “Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test MANUAL”. Harcourt Brace

Jovanovich, Inc., New York.

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