title: Effect of external standards on children's evaluations of their reproduction of visual forms.
abstract: 96 second grade children and 144 4-yr-old nursery school children were asked to copy geometric designs. One group was given high standards for evaluating their work, one group was given low standards, and a control group was given no external standards. Differences between treatment groups were significant (p = .01); there were no sex or socioeconomic differences. Children in the low standards group rated their drawings higher, and children in the high standards group rated their drawings lower, thah children in the control group. Results suggest perceptual judgments might be used to shape visual-motor reproduction, rather than vice vera.
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D012647:Self-Assessment