Tests for studying the psyche of a child

Studying the child's psychology is very important. Psychologists conduct tests with preschool children, study their results. Based on these results, they draw conclusions and conduct a conversation with the child, sometimes with his parents. There are cases when it is necessary to carry out corrective work with the child.

In this article will be considered those techniques that the child psychologist uses in his work. You can also at home test your baby and look at the results.


Test "Family drawing"

Reflects how the child perceives his place in the family and the boiling her members, as well as what experiences he has.

For the test, give the child a landscape sheet, colored pencils and a rubber band. Ask him to draw his family. There is nothing more to add and explain. After the drawing is ready, you need to ask questions, such as who is drawn, where they are, what they do, who is the merry one, who is the most sad and why? If the baby is missing from a family member, you need to ask why he did it. When analyzing the drawing, pay attention to how all members of the family are located, in what proportion are they disfigured, are there extra objects, who are drawn larger, who are smaller. An analysis of the picture gives an idea of ​​family relations. Reservations, mistakes, hesitations can testify to the child's distrust of his forces, abilities, the need for support, affection from the adult.

The test "Home. Derevo.Chuman »

This method of investigating personality was developed by John Cook in 1948. It will require an album sheet, a simple pencil and a washing rubber band. Ask the child to draw a house, a tree and a person. After the child has finished drawing, we proceed to the analysis of the depicted. First look at the house. If he is old, dilapidated - this indicates the attitude of the child to himself, he feels lonely. If the house is located in the distance, it says that the child feels rejected if near - about the feeling of warmth of hospitality. Now we pass to the analysis of the person. Let's pay attention to the cat. If it is large, it indicates the unmet needs of the child, if small - about the feeling of humiliation. The depicted hair on the head is a sign of courage or the desire for it. The child painted very long arms, which means that he has ambitious aspirations. Pretty short arms are painted - there are no aspirations. The tree symbolizes the standing person. Roots - collective. The trunk is impulses, instincts. Branches - passivity. The child has depicted roots less than the trunk, hence, he has a craving for the hidden, mysterious. Roots are equal to the trunk - strong curiosity. The root of the trunk is moderate curiosity. If the trunk of a tree is shaded, then the colt is an internal alarm. The trunk is a single line - refusal to look at things realistically. The kid painted the branches down - loss of courage, giving up effort. Branches depicted upwards - enthusiasm, impulse, aspiration to power. The branches are drawn in different directions - the search for self-affirmation. The earth is depicted as a single feature - the child is concentrated by a certain purpose. The earth is painted with several features - the need for an ideal.

Here are incomplete versions of the interpretation of children's drawings, as well as not all available tests. Their huge number. The full version can be found in the relevant literature on pre-school psychology. It is better that the test is carried out by a qualified person, a child psychologist, otherwise the results may be distorted, resulting in unreliable data.