Did you know that you can read a person by handwriting as an open book? Your character, temperament, condition at the time of writing, and much more can be found out only by looking at your manuscripts. Impressive, isn't it? This knowledge is open to everyone, and their graphology studies.
What is graphology?
Graphology is a field of knowledge that studies handwriting and its stable relationship with the character of a person. The thing is that the characteristics of your handwriting and signature contain very valuable information about you, and progress has even reached the point that you can determine the physique of a person by handwriting. So do not be surprised if the graphologist tells you something that you did not know about yourself, and believe that he is right.
Graphology, the definition of which is so simple, has found application in the following areas:
- Recruiting. Often, employers spend much less time on the selection of candidates, and all thanks to the analysis of the handwriting, which can tell a lot better than the candidate himself.
- Career guidance. According to your handwriting, you can also understand what skills you possess and what you are interested in, which favorably affects the definition of a professional orientation.
- Conversation. Using graphology, you can determine how a person will behave in negotiations.
- Genealogy. By analyzing the handwriting of some historical figures, one can understand why they acted in this way, and not otherwise.
- Forensic-medical examination. Thanks to graphology, you can determine whether the signature is genuine or not.
- Security. By handwriting you can understand how honest a person is.
- Compatibility. After analyzing the handwriting of several people, we can assume how compatible people are with each other.
The Importance of Handwriting in Psychology
Once again, mankind is convinced that psychology is a great power. Probably only thanks to psychologists, this world has not gone crazy and is afloat. Just imagine for a second, what would happen if each person were left alone with their problems?
The results of some studies show that handwriting directly depends on the mental abilities of a person. According to most psychologists, it is in a man’s handwriting that his mental essence is manifested more than in any other of his activity. That is why graphology is an indispensable part of psychology.
Graphology, the significance of which is great enough in psychology, can even help a person change. And this process of change is called graphotherapy.
Graphotherapy
Graph therapy is based on the calculation of all the shortcomings, bad habits and some character traits that a person wants to get rid of. Forewarned - means armed, right? It is much easier to get rid of flaws when you know what exactly you need to get rid of. Graphologists follow the changes of a person to the last, because it often happens that after getting rid of one character trait, another, worse than the previous one, appears.
Each change in our character is immediately reflected in our handwriting, so do not be surprised that in his whole life he will change more than once, or even twice.
Graphological examination
So, what graphology and graphotherapy are, we have already learned, let's now consider the main weapon of this teaching - graphological examination.
Graphological examination is a procedure during which graphologists analyze your handwriting according to certain criteria. We list them below.
The main features of our handwriting
Each handwriting is unique, but graphologists nevertheless managed to see in the many manuscripts some common features by which they determine the character of a person.
To begin with, graphology considers male handwriting and female handwriting separately, and each has its own characteristic:
- Female handwriting. A woman has a clean, uniform handwriting, most often thorough, accurate, with closely spaced letters. In female handwriting, small lines with a slight pressure predominate. Almost always, this is a rounded handwriting with a slant back.
- Male handwriting. Men are distinguished by carefree, nerobkoy and uneven handwriting, with wide letters and wide lines, firm and strong pressure. More often there is an inclination forward.
However, these are not the main criteria by which a person’s gender and character are determined. Here are the main features of the handwriting that the graphological examination considers:
- Letter sizes (very small, small, medium or large).
- Letter tilt (backward tilt, slight backward tilt, forward tilt, sharp forward tilt).
- Handwriting direction (upward stitches, straight, downward stitches).
- The nature of the spelling (letters are very closely connected or, conversely, distant from each other, or mixed style)
- General assessment of handwriting (diligent, neatly displayed each letter; sloppy handwriting, illegible).
In the USA, there are even special bureaus where you can order a graphological analysis of any handwriting.
The graphology of the signature is slightly different from the graphology of handwriting. When analyzing signatures, they pay attention not only to letters, but also to the number of curls, sticks, signature sizes, and other factors.
Relationship of handwriting with physique
As studies of foreign and domestic graphologists show, handwriting is highly interconnected with the type of physique of a person. Having drawn conclusions from the studies, we can say the following:
- The handwriting of a picnic (body type, which is characterized by a wide and stocky figure, is prone to obesity) can be characterized by the absence of letters printed, he writes each word together, practically without taking his hands off. Its letters are all of the same size, most often rounded. In general, the handwriting is smooth, light and laid back.
- Astenik's handwriting is distinguished by words divided into several parts, sometimes letters may not be connected at all. Uneven handwriting, letters are different in size and shape, pointed. In general, the handwriting is uncertain.
- The handwriting of athletics is neither asthenic nor picnic. It may vary depending on the role that the athletic chooses for himself.
How does the scientific community rate graphology?
The scientific community for a long time could not come to a general conclusion about what graphology is. And despite the fact that at the beginning of its development, graphology received the support of some scientists, now it is considered a pseudoscience. The Psychological Society of Britain believes that graphology (along with astrology) has “zero credibility” and has no way of determining the nature of a person.
Graphology Literature
If you are carried away by such a field of knowledge as graphology, it is not difficult to find books about it. Most really sensible books on graphology were written by Aleskovsky Sergey Yuryevich, candidate of legal sciences and president of the Public Association “Eurasian Polygraph Examiners Association”. Among his works, it is worth highlighting the book “Fundamentals of Graphology. Moscow: Yurlitinform, 2008 ”, written jointly with Komissarova Yaroslav Vladimirovna, an expert polygraph examiner and candidate of legal sciences. It describes in an accessible language all the methods of researching handwriting so that any reader will understand what is at stake. After reading it, pay attention also to other works of Aleskovsky S. Yu., They describe many interesting things.
Now you know what graphology is. Believe me, this is a very interesting area of ​​knowledge, which can help people understand themselves and change for the better.