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The Symmetry of Constructed Patterns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

J. P. S. Robertson
J. P. S. Robertson*
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Research Department, Netherne Hospital, Coulsdon, Surrey
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The opinion is sometimes expressed that patterns constructed by socially maladjusted individuals (e.g. in woodcarving, needlework, arrangement of flowers, etc.) are less symmetrical than those of the adequately adjusted. It is even held that the amount of asymmetry bears some relationship to the degree of maladjustment. Evidently, other factors besides maladjustment are involved in this question. The primary aim of the inquiry reported here was to investigate the effects of differences in sex, intelligence and level of social adjustment on the symmetrical construction of patterns. The technique employed for this purpose was akin to that of the mosaic test of Lowenfeld (1949) but of a more delimited character and with simplified material.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 100 , Issue 419 , April 1954 , pp. 558 - 579
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1954 

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