Prometheus, 1992, 487 pp, contributors, subject index, name index, €31.30, ISBN 0-87975-613-6. page views.

About the Book

The Write Stuff gives open-minded readers an overview of the best evidence available on both sides of the dispute about graphology. On the one side, critics who are specialists in personality, cognitive psychology and psychological testing assess graphologists' claims against the standards used in their fields. On the other side, prominent graphologists present the case for graphology based upon original research and empirical evidence.

About the Editors

Barry L. Beyerstein is professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dale F. Beyerstein also teaches in Vancouver as professor of philosophy at Vancouver Community College.

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Section One: Introduction and History
1. General Introduction, Dale F. Beyerstein and Barry L. Beyerstein
2. A Brief History of Graphology, Joe Nickell
3. By a Man's Calligraphy Ye Shall Know Him: Handwriting Analysis in China, Barry L. Beyerstein and Zhang Jing Ping
4. Handwriting: Identification Science and Graphological Analysis Contrasted, Joe Nickell
• Section Two: Graphologists Present Their Case
5. The Present Status of the Research on Handwriting Psychology as a Diagnostic Method, Oskar Lockowandt
6. The Problem of the Validation of Graphological Judgments, Oskar Lockowandt
7. Graphoanalytic Cues, James C. Crumbaugh
• Section Three: Philosophical Underpinnings of Graphology
8. Graphology and the Philosophy of Science, Dale F. Beyerstein
9. The Origins of Graphology in Sympathetic Magic, Barry L. Beyerstein
• Section Four: Critiques of Graphology
10. Difficulties in Assessing Personality and Predicting Behavior: Psychologcial Tests and Handwriting Analyses Contrasted, Marilyn L. Bowman
11. Graphology and Personnel Selection, Richar Klimoski
12. The Bottom Line; Effect Size, Geoffery A. Dean
13. Graphology and Human Judgment, G.A. Dean, I.W. Kelly, D.H. Saklofske and A. Furnham
14. Handwriting is Brainwriting. So What? Barry L. Beyerstein
• Section Five: Representative Research by Grahpologists and Critics
15. Evaluation of the Handwriting of Successful Women through the Roman-Staempfli Psychogram, Patricia Wellingham-Jones
16. Graphological and Psychometric Personality Profiles: Validity and Barnum Effects, Edward W. Karnes and S. David Leonard
• Section Six: Graphology and the Law
17. Legal Implications of Graphology in the United States, John D. Reagh
18. Graphology: Canadian Legal Implications, Robert S. Carswell
• Contributors
• Subject Index
• Name Index