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Heinz Werner

Heinz Werner. Children and their Perception of the External World. By: Eileen Rakowitz. Who is Werner?. 1890 - 1964 Born in Vienna, Austria Began as a Composer and Music Historian Later studied Philosophy and Psychology Became a Gestalt psychologist

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Heinz Werner

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  1. Heinz Werner Children and their Perception of the External World By: Eileen Rakowitz

  2. Who is Werner? • 1890 - 1964 • Born in Vienna, Austria • Began as a Composer and Music Historian • Later studied Philosophy and Psychology • Became a Gestalt psychologist • Perceives things as whole forms and the unity between self and objects • Jewish – Nazi’s dismissed him from Hamburg  moved to the United States • Research psychologist and professor at many Universities in America In the book: Chapter 5

  3. Werner’s Theory • Pictorial imagery • Eidetic Imagery/Memory (Photographic Memory) • Phenomenal World  Physiognomic Perception • Geometric – technical Perception • Synesthesia (Synthesis) • Basic Levels of Development • Infantile Amnesia  Allocentric  Self/Object Differentiation  Hierarchical Integration  PerceptualLevel  Conceptual Level

  4. My Project • Major Premise: • Using Werner’s theory of physiognomic perception, self/object differentiation, eidetic imagery, and synesthesia, does combining the sense of hearing and sight in an intense situation cause a child to draw a picture that is more directed at a particular emotion? • Minor Premise: • Should the news networks broadcasting the “War on Terrorism” use “sad songs” or “patriotic songs” in connection with pictures? Which affects the children of America more negatively/positively?

  5. Experiment • Go to a 5th grade class at a grade school and test about 20 students. • The control group: The group will watch a slide show of pictures with NO music taken from the September 11th attack. They will draw a pictorial representation of their emotional reaction to the pictures they just saw. • Variables: Then have the group of 20 watch the slideshow again with the “sad song” and draw a picture, and repeat the procedure again watching the slideshow with the “patriotic song” and draw a picture.

  6. Setting • 5th grade class at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic grade school Cried during the first slideshow Experiment on Nov. 7, 2001

  7. Limitations • Experiment: • I noticed that they all knew about the Terrorist attacks, but they had various points of view and exposure to the events that happened on September 11th • Very difficult to evaluate some drawings • Experiment was taken almost 2 months after the Terrorist attacks • Presentation: • Time limited • Can’t show all the drawings

  8. Slideshow of Pictures

  9. Attack on America TERRORISM

  10. Werner’s Theory • Pictorial imagery • Eidetic Imagery/Memory (Photographic Memory) • Phenomenal World  Physiognomic Perception • Geometric – technical Perception • Synesthesia (Synthesis) • Basic Levels of Development • Infantile Amnesia  Allocentric  Self/Object Differentiation  PerceptualLevel  Conceptual Level

  11. SYNESTHESIA / EIDETIC IMAGERY Objects

  12. PHYSIOGNOMIC PERCEPTION Facial Expressions

  13. SYNESTHESIA Feelings

  14. EIDETIC IMAGERY Patriotic Phrases

  15. Conclusions • Werner’s theory was true! What a smart guy! • Children could understand what happened on September 11th, and they could express in a drawing their own feelings in connection to an object outside themselves. However, their feelings changed drastically in relation to the music they heard. • QUESTION • What do you want your children watching and hearing on T.V.? • What should the news networks watch what kind of music they use with their pictures?

  16. Bibliography Werner, Heinz (1948) Comparative Psychology of Mental Development: International Universities Press, Inc. Werner, Heinz (1965) The Body Percept: Random House. Werner, Heinz and Kaplan, Bernard (1967) Symbol Formation. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Crain, William (2000) Theories of Development: Concepts and Applications. 4th ed. Prentice Hall. Helping your kids cope with terrorism http://www.ces.purdue.edu/terrorism/children/terrorism.html CNN and TIME magazine http://www.cnn.com and http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/ Theoretical Issues http://www.phil.gu.se/fu/Theories Pitch of Music and memory http://otto.cmr.fsu.edu/~psychmus/ab12-2.html#huron Synesthesia in Art http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/spec.projects/synesthesiabib.html Journals on “Heinz Werner” https://www.questia.com/LoginMediator.qst?action=displayLoginForm&int=1&docId=55565334 How to talk to children about terrorism http://www.Play2grow.com and http://www.Childswork.com Psycho musicology http://otto.cmr.fsu.edu/~psychmus/index.html

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