A FRAMEWORK FOR THE OBSERVATION OF MOVEMENTS AND SOUNDS

Authors

  • Christopher Joel Wainwright Author

Keywords:

SOUNDS, MOVEMENTS

Abstract

Observations play a fundamental part in therapeutic and educational practice. Observation is the initial practical scientific act. Then comes classification, or ordering, of what is observed. Only then can hypothesizing, experimentation, and theory revision occur.

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2025-01-16

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Vol. 33 (1980): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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