Learning disabilities: an appraisal of Rorschach response patterns.
Recent developments with the Rorschach invite research concerning cognitive and coping styles of learning disabled students. This study, based on an N of 25 (12 learning disabled and 13 controls), was designed to assess group differences in perceptual accuracy, self-concept, and reactivity. Analysis showed that learning disabled students represent a diverse population for which highly individualized understanding is required if appropriate schooling strategies are to be devised. Such students, compared with controls, were more inclined to have lower self-confidence, to be more reactive, to avoid emotionally-laden stimuli, to manifest a higher proportion of responses involving perceptual inaccuracies, and to be less spontaneous and less inclined to take risks. Some curricular implications of the findings are discussed.
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Keystone Area Education Agency, Elkader, Iowa 52043.
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D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012392:Rorschach Test