Review of Measurement of Intelligence by Drawings

Abstract

Reviews the book Measurement of Intelligence by Drawings and the test Goodenough Intelligence Test by Florence L. Goodenough. To those who are a little tired of the sameness of content of many of the tests of intelligence recently developed, Dr. Goodenough's test will be a refreshing novelty. After several years of patient research, the author of Measurement of Intelligence by Drawings has published her test and a descriptive account of results from its use. The book summarizes work in a new field of mental measurement about which little of a quantitative nature has previously been known. Part I of the book contains an historical survey of the problem of the relationship between intelligence and drawing, an account of the methods employed in building the Goodenough Test and discussions of results so far obtained by its use. An interesting chapter on the psychological interpretations of drawing opens up many possibilities for future research studies. Part II contains a description of the test procedure and detailed directions for scoring. A bibliography of almost 200 titles is given at the end. The book is a very valuable and important contribution to the literature of intelligence measurement. If the test does in practice what it has done in its standardization, it will prove a useful part of the testing program in the kindergarten and primary grades. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)