Mental Maturity from Birth to Preadolescence

Intellectual Growth in Childhood

“…Intellectual Growth in Childhood FLORENCE L. GOODENOUGH and DALE B. HARRIS Introduction THE three years which have elapsed since the publication of the previous review of this topic by Worcester (69) have been characterized by continuation of previous lines of interest rather than by extensive embarkation into unexplored channels. Perhaps the most noticeable shift in emphasis is to be seen in the increasing use of projective methods and particularly of drawing and painting as a means of exploring the more subtle aspects of the child's inner world of thoughts and feelings and the changes in his mental structure that come with growth and experience.…”