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Evidence of a Flynn Effect in Children's Human Figure Drawings (1902–1968)

  • Jeremy E C Genovese

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Abstract

The Flynn effect is the long-term trend for scores on tests of cognitive ability to increase across cohorts. Several samples of children's human figure drawings, published in 1902, 1926, 1963, and 1968, are examined for evidence of a Flynn effect. Results show that larger percentages of children draw more complete human figures over the course of the 20th century.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)176-182
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Genetic Psychology
Volume179
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 4 2018

Keywords

  • Draw-a-Person test
  • Flynn effect
  • children's drawings
  • history of Psychology

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