Minor Article
On Branches and Tree-Crown-Outlines in the Baum Test
From Investigations Involving the Use of Denial Instructions
2016 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 67-75
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2016 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 67-75
To understand how drawing attitude influences tree representation in the Baum test, the twice-application method was used to administer the test to two groups of 48 and 54 university students, with participants in the second group receiving denial instructions with respect to ignoring the first tree. Branches and tree-crown-outlines were analyzed using spotlight analysis (Sakamoto et al., 2012). It was found that branches, ramification, and differentiation (dividing into branches from the tree trunk) on top of the trunk increased, and the tree-crown-outlines changed between the first and second applications. Symbolically, the crown had an oppositional image, comprising “things that are able to be seen” and “things that are not able to be seen.” After receiving the negative instruction, participants changed the tree drawing focus from an abstract representation of the tree-crown-outline to a concrete representation of branches.
