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Joseph Zubin (né Zubisky: born October 9, 1900, Raseiniai, Lithuania; died December 18, 1990, Buffalo, New York) is a psychologist who developed theoretical models and social institutions for scientific work that generated new knowledge about psychopathology and personality. Zubin created a biometrics paradigm that was founded on basic psychological functions and demonstrated through investigations of brain-behavior relationships captured by the measurement of central and peripheral nervous system activation.

In the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement from the American Psychological Association, Zubin was recognized as:

A pioneering investigator and seminal integrator of knowledge, he has created a biometrics revolution in psychopathology by bringing to bear assessment methods to further our understanding of the roots and behavioral patterns of human emotional disorders. His contributions to scientific psychology in the service of psychopathology extend to psychopharmacology,...

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  1. Biometrics Research Program, 151R, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, PA, 15240, USA

    Ruth Condray & Stuart R. Steinhauer

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA

    Stuart R. Steinhauer

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Condray, R., Steinhauer, S.R. (2016). Zubin, Joseph. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2091-1

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