This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... 328 CHARACTER AND HANDWRITING. (5) to such graphic details as the superelevation of ' r' and ' s ' in the writing of women. The author leaves open the question whether the cause of this sex-difference be found in psycho-physiological or social conditions. 2. In the test on the revelation of age in handwriting ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... 328 CHARACTER AND HANDWRITING. (5) to such graphic details as the superelevation of ' r' and ' s ' in the writing of women. The author leaves open the question whether the cause of this sex-difference be found in psycho-physiological or social conditions. 2. In the test on the revelation of age in handwriting, the envelopes used in the first test were submitted a second time. The calculation of the possible number of chance successes as well as the elimination of sources of error proved much more difficult in this than in the preceding test. The author concludes that handwriting does to a certain extent reveal age, since both expert and non-professional observers were able to give judgments superior to those of chance. As before, certain specimens gave unmistakable revelations of age; others, ambiguous indications; others, evidence of an age different from the real age. 3. In the third test, on the revelation of intelligence in handwriting, eight professionals as well as many ignorant of the art returned answers. There were numerous sources of error; uncertainty, for instance, as to the degree of intelligence of the writer. To avoid the effect of suggestion on the part of the experimenter the tests were carried on by mail. To overcome suggestions from letter-content, and at the same time accede to the graphologist's demand for a personal letter, the contents of letters used were mutilated by blotting out significant words. To eliminate the personal equation in estimation of intelligence there was utilized, on the one hand, the handwriting of men whose artistic and scientific achievements guaranteed their superior ability, of such men as Ribot, Marey, Sardou, Zola; and, on the other hand, the handwriting of adults of moderate fortune but slight...
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