Samuel Jacob Beck
American psychologist
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Samuel Jacob Beck (1896–1980[1]) was an American psychologist who worked on personality assessment and the Rorschach test.[2]
Samuel Jacob Beck | |
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| Born | 1896 |
| Died | 1980 (aged 83–84) |
| Education | Columbia University |
He graduated from Harvard in 1926 and then attended Columbia University, where received his M.A. in 1927 and Ph.D. in 1932. He received the Bruno Klopfer Award in 1965.[2]
He was the first person in America to write a research paper on the Rorschach test, with a publication in 1930, and was a foremost expert on the topic. In 1947 he assisted Douglas Kelley in the interpretation of Rorschach test results from Nazi leaders taken by Kelley during the Nuremberg War Trials.[3]
