Person
Samuel R. Pinneau
Samuel R. Pinneau was an American developmental psychologist who took his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked at its Institute of Human Development, later teaching at California State University, Northridge. In 1955 he published in the Psychological Bulletin a detailed methodological critique of René Spitz's studies of hospitalism and anaclitic depression, to which Spitz replied in the same issue.
Ideas
- 1955 critiqued Hospitalism
Pinneau's 1955 review challenged the evidence Spitz offered for hospitalism.
- 1955 critiqued Anaclitic depression
Pinneau's 1955 review challenged the evidence Spitz offered for anaclitic depression.
Influence
Conflict
- 1955 disputed with René Spitz
Pinneau's 1955 critique of Spitz's studies of hospitalism and anaclitic depression drew a reply from Spitz in the same issue of the Psychological Bulletin.
Works
- 1955
The Infantile Disorders of Hospitalism and Anaclitic Depression
A methodological critique of René Spitz's reports on hospitalism and anaclitic depression. Pinneau re-examines the samples, the developmental tests and the published figures and argues that the data do not establish that maternal deprivation caused the decline Spitz described, pointing to gaps and inconsistencies in the reporting and to other factors that could account for the findings. It was printed together with Spitz's 'Reply to Dr. Pinneau' and a rejoinder by Pinneau.
References
- The Infantile Disorders of Hospitalism and Anaclitic Depression1955Evidence for a relation