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Language IDENTIFIERS *Narrative Text; Objectivity; Positivism The psychological report is a particular genre of writing, incorporating elements of content and style shared by other literary genres, and appearing in many different forms. These forms range from terse, profile driven description of strengths and weaknesses, characteristic of computer generated psychological reports, to more descriptive, integrative accounts which more closely approach the narrative structure of literary works. This paper describes: (1) the development of subject in psychological evaluation of children from dual perspectives of literary narrative and psychological assessment; (2) the development and portrayal of the story of the child's life, including events of developmental growth, family, and schooling, from both narrative structure and framework o