Talk:Draw-a-Person test

Intelligence citations bibliography for updating this and other articles

You may find it helpful while reading or editing articles to look at a bibliography of Intelligence Citations, posted for the use of all Wikipedians who have occasion to edit articles on human intelligence or psychology and related issues. I happen to have circulating access to a huge academic research library at a university with an active research program in these issues (and to another library that is one of the ten largest public library systems in the United States) and have been researching these issues since 1989. You are welcome to use these citations for your own research. You can help other Wikipedians by suggesting new sources through comments on that page. It will be extremely helpful for articles on psychology to edit them according to the Wikipedia standards for reliable sources for medicine-related articles, as it is important to verify articles on these issues as well as possible. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 19:43, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

I didn't catch it, I put it in. It might be helpful if you could explain why the link [1] from washington.edu is "not an appropriate external link". Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:51, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your thoughtful question. I thought it was only fair for me to look for some better links before I replied. What I thought was not a good idea about posting that link is that it gives detailed scoring criteria for the test. That's usually not the best information to put front and center in a Wikipedia article about a psychological test; usually most Wikipedia articles on such tests are based on secondary literature that describes interpretive issues and appropriate use--possibly none--of a test without disclosing item content and scoring criteria. Usually, "official" external links are pretty strongly favored on Wikipedia, and I found two for professionally published current versions of the Draw-a-Person test that are still in clinical use, with descriptions of the tests that do not compromise item content. I appreciate your work on Wikipedia and hope you will feel free to visit articles on my contributions list, as quite a few of those pertain to psychological testing and I could always use more help from knowledgeable fellow editors. See you on the wiki. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 13:36, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

I guess those links are useful if you want to buy one, or are interested to see what it might cost. The first one does give an idea of what the test is about and how it is used. Neither really give any idea of "what you have to do" or "how the test is scored". Perhaps this is regarded as proprietary information? Martinevans123 (talk) 14:27, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

More detailed article elsewhere

I own copies of the testing manuals for the first two editions (Goodenough 1926 and Harris 1963). Based on these and other sources, I've written another, more detailed article about DAP, licensed CC-BY 3.0. What is worthwhile to integrate? --Damian Yerrick (talk) 15:56, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Missing Component/Variant

I don’t know if it’s standard or a variation, but in at least some cases the subject is not told specifically to draw “a man” and “a woman.” Instead, the first instruction is to draw “a person.” Then, the instruction for the second drawing depends on the gender spontaneously chosen for the first drawing. I don’t know where to even start looking for a source on this, but maybe someone more connected to this field has one. --Unicorn914 (talk) 04:35, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Name

Should this article be moved to "Draw-a-Person Test"? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:45, 28 April 2024 (UTC)