Stuart W. Cook

{{Short description|American social psychologist}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|04|17}}

| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|03|25|1913|04|17}}

| death_place = Boulder, Colorado

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| nationality = American

| fields = Social psychology

| workplaces = New York University
University of Colorado

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| education = University of Richmond
University of Minnesota

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| thesis_title = The Production of "experimental Neurosis" in the White Rat

| thesis_url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bUslAQAAMAAJ

| thesis_year = 1938

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| known_for = Research on racial segregation

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| awards = 1986 Gold Medal Award from the American Psychological Association{{Cite journal |date=1987 |title=Contribution by a psychologist in the public interest gold medal award: Stuart W. Cook. |journal=American Psychologist |language=en |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=330–332 |doi=10.1037/h0092043 |issn=1935-990X|last1=No Authorship Indicated }}

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Stuart Wellford Cook (April 15, 1913—March 25, 1993) was an American social psychologist known for his research on the societal effects of racism and religious intolerance. He is particularly known for a study he conducted with Isidor Chein and Kenneth Bancroft Clark on the psychological effects of racial segregation. This study was cited by the appellates in the 1954 landmark United States Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/29/obituaries/stuart-w-cook-79-psychologist-who-revealed-effects-of-racism.html |title=Stuart W. Cook, 79, Psychologist Who Revealed Effects of Racism |last=Kennedy |first=Shawn G. |date=1993-03-29 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-07-07 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-01-mn-17594-story.html |title=Stuart W. Cook; Psychologist Helped Shape Segregation Ban |date=1993-04-01 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2018-07-07 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}} His research also focused on many other psychological subjects, including clinical psychology, military psychology, and psychological research methods.{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=M. Brewster |authorlink=M. Brewster Smith |date=1994 |title=Stuart W. Cook (1913-1993): Obituary. |journal=American Psychologist |language=en |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=521–522 |doi=10.1037/0003-066x.49.6.521 |issn=0003-066X}}