Harriet Babcock Contents Education and career Research References Navigation menuAn experiment in the measurement of mental deteriorationThe biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th centuryExperiments in Personality Psychodiagnostics and psychodynamicsA history of clinical psychology10.3102/003465430110055530034-654310.1037/h0057639"Notes On An Experimental Study Of Intellectual Deterioration"10.1136/bmj.2.4629.68420512011814057010.1037/h00717200000 0001 1914 5646no2011052326170317121170317121

American psychologistsAmerican women psychologistsPeople from Westerly, Rhode IslandTeachers College, Columbia University alumniNew York University faculty1877 births1952 deaths


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Harriet Babcock
Born1877
Westerly, Rhode Island

Died12 December 1952
Alma materColumbia University
Scientific career
FieldsAbnormal psychology
InstitutionsNew York University
Thesis
An experiment in the measurement of mental deterioration (1930)

Harriet Babcock (1877–1952) was an American psychologist who specialized in abnormal psychology research in addition to developing measures and theories of intelligence. After her doctoral work at Columbia University, she worked primarily in the Department of Psychology at New York University, and acted as a consultant to the New York City Guidance Bureau. Babcock developed multiple intelligence tests evaluating mental deterioration and efficiency.




Contents





  • 1 Education and career


  • 2 Research

    • 2.1 Babcock Test of Mental Deterioration



  • 3 References




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 Stanford-Binet test. Specifically, scores between children discretely grouped based on intelligence failed to reveal any substantial differences. Furthermore, when the test was administered to patients with mental illness, scores on the vocabulary portion of the test were less affected compared to other subtests. This finding prompted Babcock to further investigate this finding in order to better understand intelligence deficiencies as a result of mental illness.[3] The result of this investigation led to the design of the Babcock Deterioration Test, developed on the hypothesis that compared to newer associations in memory, older ones 1) are more accessible after they are retrieved, and 2) and becomes inaccessible more slowly over time.[4]



Babcock Test of Mental Deterioration


The Babcock Test of Mental Deterioration was developed to provide an estimate of a patient's premorbid intelligence by way of evaluating vocabulary.[3] The basis for the test rested on the hypothesis that because the "oldest learned habits are the last to be forgotten" in cases of dementia, vocabulary should be relatively less affected by mental illness compared to more recently learned associations.[5] However, some researchers commented that the premorbid measure may not be a valid measure of intelligence. For instance, vocabulary might suffer as a result of the patient's disorder; it may also be the case that patients may have difficulty with vocabulary in their premorbid condition.[6] Other researchers noted its usefulness as an indicator in the context of other intelligence measures.[7]



References




  1. ^ abc Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy, eds. (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. New York, NY [u.a.]: Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 0415920396..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Eysenck, H.J., ed. (2013). Experiments in Personality Psychodiagnostics and psychodynamics. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. pp. 4–6. ISBN 1135014132.


  3. ^ ab Reisman, John M. (1991). A history of clinical psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp. p. 179. ISBN 1560321881.


  4. ^ Lourge, Irving (1941). "Intellectual Changes during Maturity and Old Age". Review of Educational Research. 11 (5): 553–561. doi:10.3102/00346543011005553. ISSN 0034-6543.


  5. ^ Yacorzynski, G. K. (1941). "An evaluation of the postulates underlying the Babcock deterioration test". Psychological Review. 48 (3): 261–267. doi:10.1037/h0057639.


  6. ^ Crown, Sidney (24 September 1949). "Notes On An Experimental Study Of Intellectual Deterioration". British Medical Journal. 2 (4629): 684–685. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4629.684. PMC 2051201. PMID 18140570.


  7. ^ Wittman, P. (1933). "The Babcock deterioration test in state hospital practice". The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology. 28 (1): 70–83. doi:10.1037/h0071720.










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