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INTRODUCTION
TO GRAPHOLOGY
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Etymology
Grapho to write
Logos study
Graphology Handwriting Analysis;method of determining ones behavior
based ones handwriting. In this study,depression is being determined by
graphology.
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The TRUTH
Appearances can bedeceiving but Handwriting
Never LIES..- Michelle
Dresbold (2006)
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What can you say about this
handwriting sample?
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How about with this one?
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This one?
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Which one of these writers is
more nurturing?
A
B
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Which one of these writers is
more nurturing?
A
B
A gentlewoman who
dedicated her
life to nurturing
and healing the
poorest of the
poor
Mother Teresa
A murderer anda Torturer
Heinrich Himmler
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Which one of the writers tends to
be inconsistent?
A
B
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Which one would be more fun at the
party? Who is the life of the party?
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Your Own Writing Sample
Write a letter to yourself of at least two
paragraphs. The verbal content of yourmessage is unimportant, so just relaxand write in usual style (CURSIVE
form).
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WHAT IS GRAPHOLOGY or
Handwriting Analysis?
It is a MODERN Form of PSYCHOLOGY
that identifies personality traits andHuman Character through Handwriting.
- Bart Baggett (2004)
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Two Types of Approaches
1. Trait Strokes- Individual ingredient of the
handwriting.
2. Gestalt- the whole picture
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Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ)
Q: What does Handwriting REVEAL?
A: Handwriting reveals the truepersonality, including emotional outlay,fears, honesty, defenses, and over 100other individual Personality Traits.
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FAQ
Q: What CAN you NOT tell from ahandwriting sample?
A: AgeRace
Gender
ReligionNationality
Future
Writing Hand
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FAQ
Q: How does handwriting revealpersonality?
A: Handwriting is often referred to asBRAIN WRITING. Research scientistsin the field of neuroscience have
categorized neuromuscular movementtendencies as they are correlated withspecific observable personality traits.
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FAQ
Q: How accurate is HandwritingAnalysis?
A: It is only as accurate as the analyst isskilled. Most professionals claim to be85 95% accurate.
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Who uses Handwriting
Analysis?
A: FBI, CIA and Mossad (Israels
intelligence agency) use it to builddetailed psychological profiles of someof the worlds most dangerousindividuals.
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Who uses Handwriting
Analysis?
A: Anyone who is interested in gaining a
better understanding of himself andothers or making a positive change inhis own life.
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Who uses HA?
Individuals for self-improvement, to
gain understanding of themselves, andoften incorporate aspects of grapho-therapy to change bad habits.
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Who uses HA?
Single people to aid in the selection of
compatible partners.
Couples to improve currentrelationships through better
understanding and communication.
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Who uses HA?
Business for selecting applicants,
determining good business partners,etc....
Psychologists and counselors for
personality evaluation and therapy
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Who uses HA?
Teachers for understanding their
students better in order to planappropriate teaching strategies.
Psychologists and counselors for
personality evaluation and therapy
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FAQ
Q: What about people who print?
A: People who print have put up a barrierto keep the world from getting to knowthem.
* They do not easily express their
innermost feelings.
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People who print
Take longer to experience intimacy. Tend to have a strong external protective
mental shell that is often seen asconfidence. Mostly, men prefer to write in PRINT
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FAQ
Q: Why does my handwriting change allthe time?
A: Certain strokes represent emotions andmoods.
As your feelings and moods change from
minute to minute, those correspondingparticular strokes will change.
However, the basic character-defining
traits will remain the same.
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The BEGINNING
* Edgar Allan Poe a greatAmerican Poet, employed the term
Autographery
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Brief Background
*2nd century
- China (Calligraphers)
*99 A.D.
- Rome (Suetonius Tranquilius)
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Brief Background
1662 Camillo Baldi First book on the subject was
written. 1871 Abbe Jean Hippolyte
Michon Published two more books and
coined the term
GRAPHOLOGY
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Brief Background
1979 most graphology books
were placed in psychological
selection categories in the
Dewey Decimal Classification
at the Library of Congress, USA
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Brief Background
1989 the US Dept. of laborchanged category of
Graphology fromEntertainment toMiscellaneousprofessional
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TOOLS NEEDED IN
GRAPHOLOGY
PenRuler
Paper (8x11)Magnifying galssProtractor
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HOW TO PREPARE A
HANDWRITING SPECIMEN
Use the prescribed tools
Take note:
sex of the writer
handedness
frequency of writing
number of signatures used
mood of the writer
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Preparing a Specimen
Put the signature (normallyused) below
At the back of the sheet or inanother sheet, write othersignatures used
Content should be not less than3 paragraphs
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Topic Outline
ZonesSlants
Spaces
Margins
Garlands
Loops
Individual Letters
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Zones
Upper Zone
Lower Zone
Middle Zone
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Normal balance between the
Zones
Flexible and adaptableCan Handle thoughts and feelings well
Has no hesitancy to accomplish anygiven taskWell-balanced physical drives.
Has the ability to control his impulse.
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Upper Zones
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Upper Zones
Correlates with the head
It represents your ideas, dreams,
and thinking processes.
What goes on in your head?
You THINK
You FANTASIZE You HOPE
You IMAGINE
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Overly EXTENDED Upper Zone
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Very small Upper Zone
Lacks creativity and imagination His importance is placed instead upon
practical considerations Good Script self-reliant, realistic and
flexible Poor Script greed, materialism and
sensuality
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Middle Zones
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Middle Zones
Correlates with middle part of thebody.
It represents your social &practical needs.
About living in the here and now.
How you communicate withothers in your day-to-dayrelationships
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STRONGLY Developed Middle
Zone
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STRONGLY Developed Middle
Zone
Overly concerned forhimself and his own daily
activities.Tends to make great issues
on trivial things.
Confinement in a self-centered world.
MZ i DWARFED b UZ d
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MZ is DWARFED by UZ and
LZ
MZ i DWARFED b UZ d
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MZ is DWARFED by UZ and
LZ Underrate himself and suffer from
inferiority feelings.
Finds little joy in daily life and
prefers not to cope with itsproblems. With a good form quality, such a
writer is usually creative (If the MZ is
very small, but both of the otherzones are extended and the baselineis firm but flexible).
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Lower Zones
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Lower Zones
Correlates with lower part of the body. What goes on with your lower body?
You WALK
You RUN
You DANCE
You MAKE LOVE
It represents your physical, material,sexual needs, urges and appetites.
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Dominant Lower Zone
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Dominant Lower Zone
Dominated by powerfulunconscious forces relating tosurvival needs, materialism and
reproductive imperatives.
Restless and needs constant
variety and change (much of histime is spent trying to satisfy hisenormous appetites for money, sexand variety.
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Retraced LZ
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Retraced LZ
Repression of earlychildhood traumas andsexual feelings.
Blocking so much
responsiveness that closerelationships with the writerare so difficult.
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Things to ponder
In school, it is recommendedthat teachers practice theirstudents to write a balance inthe three zones to avoidpossible production of
individuals who arebraggarts, immature, greedyand have little control over
temptations.
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Things to ponder
Guidance Counselors whonoticed a student for having animbalanced writing in the threezones, and confirmed significantconcerns in the latters behavior
might take into consideration tomake use of grapho-therapytogether with their preferredcounseling philosophy.
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Things to ponder
In a company, HR experts maytake into consideration to clearlycheck and evaluate the balance
in the three zones, and togetherwith the other personality tests,HR experts may be able to hire
competent employeesdepending on the companys
needs.
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Slants
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Graphology Indicators
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Graphology Indicators
extreme
irregular
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Slants
Refers to the directions of theletter slope
Generally indicates the degree of
emotional responsiveness of a
person towards his environment.
Also shows Personality Types
(Introversion, Extraversion and
Ambiversion)
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Slants
any stroke ending to the right sideof the page symbolizes a movement
toward other people or the future.
Any stroke ending to the left
symbolizes a tendency to be
withdrawn or to move into the past.
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Right Slanted
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Right Slanted
Normal handwriting is considered tobe slightly right-slanted whichindicates a persons being normally
sensitive and emotionally healthy, butwith moderate responses.
The more right-slanted thehandwriting becomes, the moreemotionally responsive a person
becomes.
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Left Slanted
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Left Slanted
Leftslant indicates howemotionally withdrawn a person
tends to become.
The more left-slanted the
handwriting becomes, the more
emotionally withdrawn a person
becomes.
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Vertical Slanted
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Vertical Slanted
Head over heart emotionalattitude.
Open to experiences but
cautious and controlled.
Can easily regain emotionalcontrol once lost.
Attractive and a LeadershipPotential
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Varying
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Varying
Unsettled and inconsistentMoody
Emotional nature is erratic, you
never know how he will reactNervous
Undisciplined
ExcitableLacking in judgment or common
sense.
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Things to ponder
In school, teachers maycheck their students writing
slants, and try to observethe effect of these on thestudents behavior,
specifically on socialorientation and emotionalresponsiveness.
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Things to ponder
If the teacher notices a studentto be extremely right or leftslanted, he may assist the
latter to eventually change hiswriting into vertical slant orslightly slanted to the right to
prevent the production ofindividuals who are extremelyreactive and/or withdrawn.
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Things to ponder
In a company, if graphology isused in hiring employees, it isalways practical to consider the
job description of theprospective employees.
If the company needs someone
who is sociable, sympatheticand compassionate, the HRexpert might want to hire aslightly right-slanted writer.
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Things to ponder
If the company needs someonewho has a head over heartemotional attitude, and is open
to experiences but cautious andcontrolled, then the HR expertmight want to hire a vertical-
slanted writer.
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Things to ponder
However, if the company needssomeone who still manages tobe charming in social situations
while remaining emotionallyaloof, then the HR expert mightwant to hire a slightly left-
slanted writer.
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Margin
Narrow left margin Widening right margin
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Spacing
Spacing between the Lines
Spacing between the Words
Spacing between the Letters
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Spacing between the LINES
S S
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Spacing between the LINES
Kurdsen (1971) uttered thatspacing between the lines is
recognized as the picture of
the Writers MIND dependent
upon his temporary state.
S i b h LINES
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Spacing between the LINES
Amend & Ruiz (1980) stressed
that spacing between lines
represents how much one wishes
to interact with his environment.
Lowe (2007) emphasized that it is
an indication of self-control andhow one wants to be clearly
understood when communicating
with other people.
A Li S i
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Average Line Spacing
A Li S i
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Average Line Spacing
Able to think clearly andlogically.
Indicates harmoniousand flexible relationship
with other people.
N Li S i
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Narrow Line Spacing
N Li S i
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Narrow Line Spacing
Impulsiveness (rushing ahead tooquickly without thinking ahead).
Genuinely conscious of the need to
use his resources very carefully.
As the line spacing becomesnarrower, the more the writer
becomes impulsive, stingy, andlacking of ability for abstractthinking and objectivity.
Wid Li S i
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Wide Line Spacing
Wid Li S i
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Wide Line Spacing
Moderately wide line spacingindicates order and system, analyticalmind, capacity for clear presentationof complicated data, and goodmanners.
However, the wider the line spacingbecomes, the more the tendency an
individual becomes Pedant (inflexibleand/or rigid), aloof, afraid of makinglogical mistakes, incoherent and
indecisive.
S i b t WORDS
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Spacing between WORDS
Amend & Ruiz (1980) stressedthat spaces between words
indicate ones desire to be
perceived in terms of mingling
with other people.
S ll E S
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Small Even Spaces
S ll E S
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Small Even Spaces
Active
Reasonable
Self-confident with goodbalance and the capacity to be
a good homemaker.
Indicates extroversion
Wid E S
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Wide Even Spaces
Wid E S
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Wide Even Spaces
Interest in literatureFond of music and poetry
Indicates introversion withdeep feeling.
Firmly-rooted convictions
CautiousSometimes indecisive
Spacing bet een LETTERS
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Spacing between LETTERS
Amend & Ruiz (1980) stressedthat spaces between lettersindicate ones personal desirein terms of mingling with otherpeople.
Sheila Lowe (2007) utteredthat spaces between lettersindicate the freedom the writer
allows himself internally
Average Spaces
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Average Spaces
Well-balanced relationshipwith other people.
Flexibility in social
gatherings.
Ability to maintain close
Crowded close to each other
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Crowded close to each other
CautiousIntroverted
Sometimes consciousand anxious
Expansive letters
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Expansive letters
OutgoingExtroverted
Loves to have funSociable
Things to ponder
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Things to ponder
In school, it is recommendedthat teachers check theirstudents writing spaces
(line, words and letters).Helping their studentsmaintain average spaces
may assist them to achievemore peaceful classroomenvironment.
Things to ponder
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Things to ponder
In a company, its isrecommended that HR expertscheck their applicants spaces. If
they notice the inconsistenciesin the writers spaces, they may
create questions before the final
interview about theconsistencies between hisvalues, thinking and behavior.
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THANK YOUVERY MUCH
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* HELPING traits* NOT HELPING traits
* BOTH Helping and Not Helping
traits
Interactive Traits Directory
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Interactive Traits Directory
Researches in Graphology
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Researches in Graphology
APA Guidelines For Educational andPsychological Testing
American Psychological AssociationAPA: 1974.
Barrow, N K and Scott, R HValidation of a personnel Selection
System to meet EEOC Guidelines.Journal Of Handwriting Psychology1984, 1 (1), 15 - 17
Researches in Graphology
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Researches in Graphology
Sassoon, R. - Children's Handwriting AsAn Indicator of Stress;
International Journal of Psychology;
V0027 N3-4, p 440, Jun-Aug 1992.
Schmitt, J, Neal, J & Klimoski, R:
Research Method's in Human ResourcesManagement.
South Western Publications, Cincinnati,
OH: 1991.
References
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References
Amend, K. & Ruiz, M. (1980) Baggett, B. (2004)
Baggett, B. (2007)
Bradley, N. (2005)
Dresbold, M. (2006)
Kurdsen, N. (1971)
Lowe, S. (2007)
Handwriting University International (HUI) Handwriting Analyst International (HAI)
Ocampa Handwriting Analysis (OHA)
References
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