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On interpreting photographs, faces, and the past. |
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| Authors: | Zenderland Leila |
| Abstract: | Concurs with R. E. Fancher (see record 1987-31600-001) that the badly retouched photographs in H. H. Goddard's (1912) study of heredity in the Kallikak family were not a fraudulent attempt to make the mentally retarded Ss look sinister or diabolical. The need to interpret historical documents in their multidimensional sociological context is noted. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Keywords: | possible misinterpretation of intent of retouching of photographs in H. Goddard's book " The Kallikak Family" & impact on views of mental retardation, commentary |