Bender Visual Motor Gestalt

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Bender Visual Motor Gestalt


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Card A


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Card 1


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Card 2


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Card 3


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Card 4


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Card 5


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Card 6


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Card 7


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Card 8


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Interpretive Factors

Sequence

Expected order: left to right, top to bottom

Deviations such as

Shifts in expected progression (Cards A and 1 are

left to right, card 2 is below card one, card 3 is next

to card 1)

Normal methodical sequenceAbnormal

Overly concerned with organization (e.g. measuring


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distance between figures, possibly obsessive

Indecisiveness

Excessive rigidity Covert feelings of inadequacy

Compulsive doubting

Irregularlack of control, possibly bipolar or impulse

control disorder Low frustration tolerance

High latent anxiety

Indecisiveness

Borderline ego control

Impulsiveness

Left to right organization possibly rebellious


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Position of first drawing

Normal is within upper third of page

Egocentricwithin 3 inch square of center of

paper

Abnormalwithin one inch of edge of paper

Shows orientation of individual to his/her world

Center of the page, especially enlarged

Narcissism

Egocentrism Passive oppositionalism


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Use of space

Space between drawings Excessive space

Immaturity

Acting out

Constricted space Passive

Withdrawn

Schizoid tendencies

Collision Running together or overlapping figures


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Broadest termsloss of control

Poor anticipatory planning

Difficulty with figure/ground relationships

Could be neurological (cortical dysfunction)

Impulsivity

Shift in position of the paperrotation of

paper

Latent or passive oppositional tendencies

Closure difficultydifficulty joining parts

Difficulty maintaining relationships


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Fearfulness in relationships

Emotional disturbance

Crossing difficultydifficulty crossing lines

in figures 6 and 7

Psychological blocking (preventing decisions)

Indecisiveness

Compulsive doubting

Phobias

Curvature Difficultyobvious change in

curves


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Emotional disturbance

Increased curvesemotionality

Decreasesrepression of emotions

Can indicate depression

Change in angulationsangle of part of

figure 15% or more from card

Problems with emotional control

Problems with impulse control

Associated with organic brain damage,particularly when more severe


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Perceptual rotationentire figure rotated

while card and paper are in standardpositions

Severedisturbance in ego functioning

Often in people who are psychotic

Sometimes oppositional

Clockwisecan indicate depression if mild

Counterclockwisecan indicate oppositional

tendencies if mild


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Retrogressionsubstitute more primitive

Gestalt form (dashes for dots)

Defense against traumafailure of ego

Some types of schizophrenia

Anxiety and poor defenses

Always indicates severe pathology in adults


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Simplification

Reduce involvement in an external task, reduce

energy expended

Often related to organic problems

Fragmentation

Unfinished or incomplete

Problems in abstract thinking or synthesizing

gestalts


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Overlapping Difficulty

Overlap when not in stimulus card

Failure to overlap

Usually associated with brain damage

Elaboration or Doodling

Impulse control

Intense anxiety


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Preservation

Marked difficulty in ego control

Redrawing Total Figure

Absence of adequate anticipatory planning Temporal brain damage

Also associated with obsessive behavior


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Case 1

Card A


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Card 1


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Card 1 Enhanced


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Card 2


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Card 3


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Card 4


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Card 5


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Card 6


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Card 6 Enhanced


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Card 7


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Card 8


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Case 2


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Case 2 Enhanced

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Bender Visual Motor Gestalt