Abstract
We defined “ordering tendency” as an inclination toward abstract rules of order which were not based on the form elements of a picture. Accordingly the copying tendency is understood as a general inclination toward eidetic images (conceptualizations or ideas) which the viewer can recover from their representations. Nothing is implied here about the kind of representation. We are dealing with a purely psychological concept, which we discussed at greater length on p. 24.
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Prinzhorn, H. (1972). Playful Drawings with a Predominant Copying Tendency. In: Artistry of the Mentally Ill. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00916-1_13
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