Saul Rosenzweig (1907–2004) was an American psychologist and therapist who studied subjects such as repression, psychotherapy, and aggression.[1] Rosenzweig, who, with a co-author, has been credited with being the first to attempt to "elicit repression" in a laboratory setting, became well known after publishing a paper discussing "common factors" underlying competing approaches to psychotherapy.
Rosenzweig, a friend and classmate of B.F. Skinner, earned his doctorate from Harvard College in 1932. He worked at Worcester State Hospital and Clark University before becoming the chief psychologist at the Western State Psychiatric Institute.[1]
In the 1930s, Rosenzweig studied repression. With G. Mason, Rosenzweig criticized H. Meltzer's survey of studies of repression in an article published in the British Journal of Psychology. Rosenzweig and Mason argued that the studies reviewed by Meltzer worked with sensory stimuli unrelated to the theory of repression, and "failed to develop under laboratory control the experiences which are subsequently to be tested for recall." Donald W. MacKinnon and William F. Dukes credit Rosenzweig and Mason with being "the first to make an explicit attempt to elicit repression under conditions of laboratory control and observation." Sigmund Freud was sent reprints of Rosenzweig's attempts to study repression, but replied to Rosenzweig that while he had examined his "experimental studies for the verification of the psychoanalytic assertions with interest" he could not "put much value on these confirmations because the wealth of reliable observations on which these assertions rest make them independent of experimental verification."[2]
Rosenzweig became well known after publishing a paper discussing "common factors" underlying competing approaches to psychotherapy. He argued that all models of therapy could be equally successful, due to competent therapists sharing common factors that aided their patients. His premise became known as the Dodo Bird Verdict or Dodo Bird Hypothesis — a reference to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), in which a dodo bird declares at the end of a race designed to dry everyone off: "Everybody has won and all must have prizes."[1]
Rosenzweig's study of aggression led to the development of the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study, a test of latent hostility.[3] The Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study is usually considered a semi-projective technique and involves an examinee responding verbally to a semi-ambiguous picture scenario. Each of the three forms (child, adolescent, and adult) consists of 24 comic strip pictures that portray a situation that might induce frustration. The overall purpose of the study is to assess how the examinee responds to frustration and frustrating situations. The test assumes that the way that the examinee responds to each frustrating situation depicts how they behave in the face of frustration. The worth of this test is based on how aggression is conceptualized into three types. The first direction of aggression can be extragressive meaning that it is turned onto the environment. The second direction is intraggressive meaning that it is turned by the examinee onto the self. The final direction is imaggressive which means that it is evaded in an attempt to gloss over the frustration. In terms of reliability and validity, the P-F Study interscorer reliability is in the range of .80 to .85. The test-retest reliability is fair to marginal.[4] The test became popular in Europe and was featured in Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange (1971).[1]
A collection of Rosenzweig's papers has been maintained in the Archives of the History of American Psychology, at the University of Akron. This comprises a collection of papers from 1929 to 2003, in five series:
Correspondence
Foundation for Idiodynamics Personality Theory, and Creativity in Literature
^ abcdeEverding, Gerry (August 26, 2004), "(Obituary) Saul Rosenzweig, 97, professor emeritus in Arts & Sciences", Newsroom, Washington University in St. Louis, retrieved 20 November 2010Primary source for information on this page as found at 20.11.10{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^MacKinnon, Donald W.; Dukes, William F. Postman, Leo (ed.). Psychology in the Making: Histories of Selected Research Problems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 674, 675, 691, 703.
^Outline of Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study, Violence Institute of New Jersey, 2007, retrieved 20 November 2010
^Bloom, Mark (November 2007), (PDF), Archives of the History of American Psychology, University of Akron, archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2010, retrieved 20 November 2010
Further readingedit
Duncan, B (2002), "The Founder of Common Factors: A conversation with Saul Rosenzweig" (PDF), Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 12: 10–31, doi:10.1037/1053-0479.12.1.10, retrieved 20 November 2010
External linksedit
Saul Rosenzweig on the history of social work timeline
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Saul Rosenzweig 1907 2004 was an American psychologist and therapist who studied subjects such as repression psychotherapy and aggression 1 Rosenzweig who with a co author has been credited with being the first to attempt to elicit repression in a laboratory setting became well known after publishing a paper discussing common factors underlying competing approaches to psychotherapy Contents 1 Biography 2 Work 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksBiography editRosenzweig a friend and classmate of B F Skinner earned his doctorate from Harvard College in 1932 He worked at Worcester State Hospital and Clark University before becoming the chief psychologist at the Western State Psychiatric Institute 1 Rosenzweig taught at Washington University in St Louis from 1948 until he retired in 1975 1 He died on August 9 2004 at the age of 97 Work editIn the 1930s Rosenzweig studied repression With G Mason Rosenzweig criticized H Meltzer s survey of studies of repression in an article published in the British Journal of Psychology Rosenzweig and Mason argued that the studies reviewed by Meltzer worked with sensory stimuli unrelated to the theory of repression and failed to develop under laboratory control the experiences which are subsequently to be tested for recall Donald W MacKinnon and William F Dukes credit Rosenzweig and Mason with being the first to make an explicit attempt to elicit repression under conditions of laboratory control and observation Sigmund Freud was sent reprints of Rosenzweig s attempts to study repression but replied to Rosenzweig that while he had examined his experimental studies for the verification of the psychoanalytic assertions with interest he could not put much value on these confirmations because the wealth of reliable observations on which these assertions rest make them independent of experimental verification 2 Rosenzweig became well known after publishing a paper discussing common factors underlying competing approaches to psychotherapy He argued that all models of therapy could be equally successful due to competent therapists sharing common factors that aided their patients His premise became known as the Dodo Bird Verdict or Dodo Bird Hypothesis a reference to Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland 1865 in which a dodo bird declares at the end of a race designed to dry everyone off Everybody has won and all must have prizes 1 Rosenzweig s study of aggression led to the development of the Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study a test of latent hostility 3 The Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study is usually considered a semi projective technique and involves an examinee responding verbally to a semi ambiguous picture scenario Each of the three forms child adolescent and adult consists of 24 comic strip pictures that portray a situation that might induce frustration The overall purpose of the study is to assess how the examinee responds to frustration and frustrating situations The test assumes that the way that the examinee responds to each frustrating situation depicts how they behave in the face of frustration The worth of this test is based on how aggression is conceptualized into three types The first direction of aggression can be extragressive meaning that it is turned onto the environment The second direction is intraggressive meaning that it is turned by the examinee onto the self The final direction is imaggressive which means that it is evaded in an attempt to gloss over the frustration In terms of reliability and validity the P F Study interscorer reliability is in the range of 80 to 85 The test retest reliability is fair to marginal 4 The test became popular in Europe and was featured in Stanley Kubrick s film A Clockwork Orange 1971 1 A collection of Rosenzweig s papers has been maintained in the Archives of the History of American Psychology at the University of Akron This comprises a collection of papers from 1929 to 2003 in five series Correspondence Foundation for Idiodynamics Personality Theory and Creativity in Literature Psychoarchaeology Sexology Reprints 5 References edit a b c d e Everding Gerry August 26 2004 Obituary Saul Rosenzweig 97 professor emeritus in Arts amp Sciences Newsroom Washington University in St Louis retrieved 20 November 2010 Primary source for information on this page as found at 20 11 10 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint postscript link MacKinnon Donald W Dukes William F Postman Leo ed Psychology in the Making Histories of Selected Research Problems New York Alfred A Knopf pp 674 675 691 703 Outline of Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study Violence Institute of New Jersey 2007 retrieved 20 November 2010 Gregory Robert Psychological Testing Boston Pearson 2007 Bloom Mark November 2007 Finding Aid for Saul Rosenzweig PDF Archives of the History of American Psychology University of Akron archived from the original PDF on 22 June 2010 retrieved 20 November 2010Further reading editDuncan B 2002 The Founder of Common Factors A conversation with Saul Rosenzweig PDF Journal of Psychotherapy Integration 12 10 31 doi 10 1037 1053 0479 12 1 10 retrieved 20 November 2010External links editSaul Rosenzweig on the history of social work timeline Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saul Rosenzweig amp oldid 1217279486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
