Harriet Babcock
Harriet Babcock | |
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Born | 1877 |
Died | 12 December 1952 |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Abnormal psychology |
Institutions | New York University |
Thesis | An experiment in the measurement of mental deterioration (1930) |
Harriet Babcock (1877–1952) was an American psychologist who specialized in
Education and career
Babcock was educated at Columbia University and received her doctoral degree in 1930.[1] During her education from 1923 to 1925, she also worked at the Manhattan State Hospital as a psychologist, and later as chief psychologist at Bellevue Hospital from 1926 to 1928.[1]
Babcock began working at New York University's Department of Psychology in 1931 and continued to work there for her entire career. In addition, she was employed as a consultant with the Guidance Bureau under the New York Board of Education.[1]
Research
Some of Babcock's early work focused on schizophrenia in relation to problem solving behavior. Babcock argued that schizophrenia was most accurately characterized as a slowness in intellectual speed. This characterizations was in contrast to other theories of schizophrenia in terms of split attention, or a failure to generate abstract ideas.[2]
Another arm of Babcock's work focused on concerns surrounding the
Babcock Test of Mental Deterioration
The Babcock Test of Mental Deterioration was developed to provide an estimate of a patient's
References
- ^ ISBN 0415920396.
- ISBN 978-1135014131.
- ^ ISBN 1560321881.
- S2CID 221136307.
- doi:10.1037/h0057639.
- PMID 18140570.
- doi:10.1037/h0071720.