Determining Stereotypical Images Of Psychologists: The Draw A Psychologist Checklist - Statistical Data Included

Two cautions in the use of the Draw A Psychologist Checklist should be noted. Maoldomhnaigh and Hunt (1989) reported that students possess more than one meaning of the word scientists [also of psychologists] and, therefore, may draw more than one perception at one time than another without their perceptions changed by a particular treatment. Also, Maoldomhnaigh and Hunt (1990) found that changing the wording in directions given to students altered the drawings produced. Therefore, it is important to have a standardized procedure with standardized instructions when administering the Draw A Psychologist Checklist. This checklist could be used with adults in the general population to see what their images are of psychologists. Perhaps, if the general public continued to have stereotypical images or perceived a psychologists as a clinical psychologist only, the public image of psychologists will need to be changed.

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