Developed originally by Florence Goodenough in 1926, this test was first known as the Goodenough Draw - a-Man test. It is detailed in her book titled Measurement of Intelligence by Drawings. Dr. Dale B. Harris later revised and extended the test and it is now known as the Goodenough -- Harris Drawing Test. The revision and extension is detailed in his book Children 's Drawings as Measures of Intellectual Maturity (1963). Psychologist Julian Jaynes, in his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, wrote that the test is "routinely administered as an indicator of schizophrenia, '' and that while not all schizophrenic patients have trouble drawing a person, when they do, it is very clear evidence of a disorder. Specific signs could include a patient 's neglect to include "obvious anatomical parts like hands and eyes, '' with "blurred and unconnected lines, '' ambiguous sexuality and general distortion. There has been no validation of this test as indicative of schizophrenia. Chapman and Chapman (1968), in a classic study of illusory correlation, showed that the scoring manual, e.g., large eyes as indicative of paranoia, could be generated from the naive beliefs of undergraduates.
who introduced the technique of sign drawing of a man as a measure of intelligence
Florence Goodenough