Carol Blanche Cotton

Carol Blanche Cotton (born August 20, 1904; date of death unknown)[2] was an American psychologist. Her father's name was John Adams Cotton and mother's name was Maude Brooks.[2] She received her bachelor's degree from the Oberlin College, her master's from Columbia University in 1927, and her PhD from Department of Psychology, University Of Chicago in 1939.[3][4][5][6] She was elected to the scientific honor society Sigma Xi.[3]

Carol Blanche Cotton
Born(1904-08-20)20 August 1904
United States
NationalityAmerican
Other namesCarol C. Bowie, Mrs. William N. Bowie
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationOberlin College
Alma materColumbia University and University of Chicago
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
ThesisA Study of the Reactions of Spastic Children to Certain Test Situations[1]

Her dissertation "A study of the reactions of spastic children to certain test situations" studied how children with the condition spastic paralysis performed in cognitive tests compared to matched children who matched similarly by sex, age, and mental age.[7] The study found that spastic children had different test responses such as "bizzare or fantastic responses", more concrete than abstract, and more stereotypical compared to normal children.[7] Their resulting hypothesis suggests that these tendencies are most likely due to cortical injuries from spastic children.[7] A neurological diagnosis would be necessary to confirm this study's hypothesis.[7]

Personal Life

She was the granddaughter of Maude R. Brooks, who also graduated from Oberlin College (1896)[8]

References
  1. Cotton, Carol Blanche (1941). "A Study of the Reactions of Spastic Children to Certain Test Situations". The Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic Psychology. 58: 27–44. doi:10.1080/08856559.1941.10534552.
  2. http://www.ncgenweb.us/vance/births/c-brth-1920.htm
  3. Wini Warren (1999). Black Women Scientists in the United States. Indiana University Press. pp. 66–67. ISBN 0-253-33603-1.
  4. "The Crisis". October 1939.
  5. Sammons, Vivian O. (1990). Blacks in science and medicine. New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp. ISBN 0-89116-665-3. OCLC 19628380.
  6. Guthrie, Robert V. (2004). Even the rat was white : a historical view of psychology (Classic 2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 0-205-39264-4. OCLC 51586424.
  7. Cotton, Carol Blanche (Jan 1, 1941). "A study of the reactions of spastic children to certain test situations". Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic Psychology. 58: 27–44 – via ProQuest.
  8. Baumann, Roland M. (2010). Constructing Black Education at Oberlin College: A Documentary History. Ohio University Press. ISBN 0821418874.


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