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Balloons: aggression and destruction games (1941)

1941 · Short film · 17 min · dir. Mary S. Fisher

Synopsis

Two boys, both between the ages of four and five, are subjects in a study of aggressive and destructive impulses. The film shows how differently two children, but a few months apart in age and from similar backgrounds, respond to a graduated series of opportunities and invitations to break balloons. Demonstration film of a projective technique developed by L. Joseph Stone. Produced by the Department of Child Study, Vassar College.

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Director
Mary S. Fisher
Running time
17 minutes

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