Developmental trends in directionality of drawing in Jewish and Arab Israeli children

Amia Lieblich, Anat Ninio, Sol Kugelmass

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Abstract

Jewish and Arab Israeli children (n = 484), attending pre-kindergarten to eighth grade, were required to copy a vertical and a horizontal line. Partial samples were also tested using the WPPSI. It was found that Jewish and Arab children were similar in their preference for top-bottom directionality, but in copying the horizontal line Jewish children used mostly a left-right and Arab children used mostly a right-left stroke. Correlations with the WPPSI indicated that starting from the right was correlated with higher intelligence for Arabs and with lower intelligence for Jews. The significance of these findings is discussed in the context of the writing requirements of the Hebrew and Arabic languages.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)504-511
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1975

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