Identification Figures of Boys and Girls under Varying Degrees of Implied Stress

Abstract

The identification figures of 40 boys and 40 girls randomly selected from grades kindergarten through 12 were obtained from questions implying normal tension, social tension, and primitive survival tension. The identification figures were judged on 17 psychological variables. The resulting configurations indicated techniques used by children to adjust to society within society's prescribed limits. There were significant differences in problem-solution techniques between boys and girls as well as problem-solution differences associated with different degrees of stress.