Rorschach (1942) originally observed that the human movement (M) response correlated with intelligence. Since then many investigators have confirmed this relationship, but the details of the relationship have received scant attention. In pursuing the relationship between the inhibition process, investigated by means of the Rorschach M response, and intelligence, the present authors undertook a survey of the reported relationship between M and various measures of intelligence. The results of this survey are presented in Table I. 1 It will be noted there is a striking uniformity in the magnitude of correlation between M and IQ. Across a variety of groups and with differing measures of intelligence, the correlations are generally low, but significant, and with the exception of two studies (Altus & Thompson, 1949; 19S2) only linear relationships are reported. The median value of the M-IQ correlations is .26. 2 Second, we noted

Problem. This study explores the possibility of substituting a brief picture vocabulary test for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) with physically disabled children. This analysis of concurrent validity deals with differences in test difficulty, with correlations between the tests, with the efficiency of predicting WISC scores from picture vocabulary scores, and with some incidental retest data.Subjects. All eligible children in a rehabilitation hospital, from six to sixteen years of age, were tested in the study. By eligible we mean that they were capable of taking the WISC. Their disabilities included such diverse conditions as spina bifida, osteochondritis, arthritis, and rheumatic fever. Conditions such as these frequently involve losses of functions which make it difficult, or even impossible, to administer a test like the WISC. Furthermore, there is always the possibility of penalizing a severely disabled child for

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The Children's Seashore House Picture Story Test was developed as a tool for investigating psychological effects of physical disability and institutionalization. The test requires S to make up a story about each of the pictures shown to him. Disabled figures are included in the picrures and accessibility of the activities depicted is systematically varied. The test consists of 19 pictures, seven of which were administered to groups of inpatients, former patients, and healthy school children to investigate applicability of the test, to demonstrate its usefulness, to illustrate the kinds of data to be expected from it, and to see whether the stimulus dimension "accessibility" influenced test scores. High interscorer reliability was obtained. Inpatients were found to be similar to the other groups in regard to frequency of themes of success, and different from the controls in references to recognition of disability, sympathy, self pity, need for achievement, and failure or frustration. Differences between the groups varied in a meaningful way with the accessibility of the activity depicted and with characteristics of Ss themselves.