F.A.Q.'s Handwriting Analysis
Answers to the Most Common Questions About Handwriting Analysis
WHAT IS HANDWRITING ANALYSIS?
Handwriting analysis is the study of personality through the interpretation of written strokes. The basis for handwriting analysis is that we project our personality into our writing in much the same way as we show our feelings by expressions, gestures, or body movements. Gordon W. Allport, the famous Harvard psychologist said that handwriting is a “crystallized gesture”. Impulses from our brain dictate the stroke formation. It could be called “brainwriting”.
HOW DOES HANDWRITING REVEAL PERSONALITY?
Our writing is as unique as our fingerprints, voice, body and even the iris of our eyes! Although we learned to write in school in a similar way, each person has evolved a writing style as unique as his or her personality. No two writings are exactly alike. Each time we write a sentence or sign our name, we draw a picture of ourselves. Every writing is a “self-portrait” of the writer.
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WHAT CAN HANDWRITING ANALYSIS TELL ME?
It can describe a personality, identify specific character traits, and highlight outstanding or unusual qualities. It can reveal personal style, motivation, and give insight in critical areas unavailable from other sources. It shows how strongly or not you utilized defense mechanisms as well.
HOW WILL HANDWRITING ANALYSIS HELP ME?
It will help you solve “people” problems. It will save you time by giving you an up-front evaluations of a person’s strengths and weaknesses. It will shorten the time it takes to get to know someone, and help you interview more thoroughly and effectively.
It will save money by helping you make the right decisions for the first time and avoid expensive mistakes. You will save hiring and training costs through reduced turnover. It will help you increase productivity because you will understand employees better and be able to manage them more effectively.
WHAT ABOUT HANDWRITING THAT CHANGES?
As we change, our writing changes. A certain amount of variation in a handwriting is normal. Like facial expressions, which change constantly, these variations do not make a person’s writing unrecognizable. Long-term permanent changes are also natural, as they reflect the writer’s growth and development. Our writing samples provide a visual history of the development of our lives emotionally, physically and mentally.
HOW CAN HANDWRITING ANALYSIS BE USED?
It can be used anywhere where human understanding is needed. (Is that not everywhere?) In business, it can be used to help evaluate applicants that are best suited for the job. Use it to gain insight on how to work with, or help develop your employees, and as a tool to determine who to promote. On a personal basis, it can increase understanding between parents and children or husband and wife.
HOW ACCURATE IS IT?
The validity of handwriting analysis as a means of personality assessments has been established for years. The Encyclopedia Britannica Library Research Service has stated…”no other projective technique offers the marked advantage of handwriting analysis as a sole means of personality assessment”. Dr. James Crumbaugh, clinical Psychologist, stated: “Handwriting analysis is as well validated as many other techniques and, in fact, has definite advantages over most other clinical tests”. Numerous research studies have been performed on handwriting since the 1830’s.
Handwriting analysis is not an exact science, such as mathematics, but a subjective science like medicine or psychology.