初期描画発達における構成活動の成立過程

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This study developmentally examined the production process of constructing component parts in early drawing; the subjects were 1-3 year-old children. 91 children were asked to draw under four conditions: both no drawn contour task and drawn contour task given a circle for facial contour were conducted under human drawing theme (mother) and animal drawing theme (rabbit). 2 year-old children began construction of a drawing by drawing the component parts. The drawn contour condition had a facilitative effect on 1 and 2 year-old children, but no effect on 3 year-old children. 1 year-old children drew something inside the contour, indicative of primal component parts; 2 year-old children drew more pair representations, such as eyes or ears; 3 year-olds frequently drew by combining component parts in a top-to-bottom direction. The results showed that early drawing is developmentally constructed through the emergence and organization of component parts. These results were discussed with reference to the processes underlying early drawing and the account provided by Luquet (1927).