Women in Psychology
Women in Psychology;
Mary Cover Jones
Gregory M Lambert
History of Psychology/310
7 April 2012
Dr. Bonnie Jacobs
Women in Psychology
Modern Psychology has been formed mainly by men during the 19th and 20th century, men like Wilhelm Wundt, Henri Bergson, and Sigmund Freud, major philosophers of the era include Franz Gall, Francis Galton, and William James. During these times women were not taken seriously in psychology; it took strong, pioneering women, such as Margaret Floy Washburn, Karen Horney, Mary Calkins, and Mary Cover Jones to bridge the gap in this male- dominated field of science. Mary Cover Jones looked at what others had studied, and rethought how to make the science better; she is known as the “Mother of Behavior Therapy” (Nevid & Pastva, 2011, p. 1), and contributions to psychology.
Mary Cover Jones background
Mary Cover was born in Johnstown Pennsylvania, in 1897. Always wanting knowledge she attended Vassar College, graduating in 1919. Mary took every psychology course offered with the exception of one. Mary Floy Washburn’s senior seminar in psychology do to Washburn disallowing Mary because of a middle of the road grade received in a laboratory course her sophomore year ("Mary Cover Jones (1897-1987)", n.d.).
After graduating from Vassar, Mary Cover began her graduate work at Columbia University and received her Master’s degree in the summer of 1920. While attending Columbia she met and married Harold Jones a fellow graduate and who the Harold E. Jones Children Study Center at Berkley University is named after. In 1923 Mary Cover Jones was appointed Associate in Psychological Research at the Institute of Education Research, Columbia University College Teachers College ("Mary Cover Jones (1897-1987)", n.d.). Here is where she started her most famous study of Peter and his fear of furry animals.
Peter and the rabbit
In 1920, Mary Cover Jones attended a lecture given by John B. Watson on a child named “Albert” who was conditioned
Mary Cover Jones
Gregory M Lambert
History of Psychology/310
7 April 2012
Dr. Bonnie Jacobs
Women in Psychology
Modern Psychology has been formed mainly by men during the 19th and 20th century, men like Wilhelm Wundt, Henri Bergson, and Sigmund Freud, major philosophers of the era include Franz Gall, Francis Galton, and William James. During these times women were not taken seriously in psychology; it took strong, pioneering women, such as Margaret Floy Washburn, Karen Horney, Mary Calkins, and Mary Cover Jones to bridge the gap in this male- dominated field of science. Mary Cover Jones looked at what others had studied, and rethought how to make the science better; she is known as the “Mother of Behavior Therapy” (Nevid & Pastva, 2011, p. 1), and contributions to psychology.
Mary Cover Jones background
Mary Cover was born in Johnstown Pennsylvania, in 1897. Always wanting knowledge she attended Vassar College, graduating in 1919. Mary took every psychology course offered with the exception of one. Mary Floy Washburn’s senior seminar in psychology do to Washburn disallowing Mary because of a middle of the road grade received in a laboratory course her sophomore year ("Mary Cover Jones (1897-1987)", n.d.).
After graduating from Vassar, Mary Cover began her graduate work at Columbia University and received her Master’s degree in the summer of 1920. While attending Columbia she met and married Harold Jones a fellow graduate and who the Harold E. Jones Children Study Center at Berkley University is named after. In 1923 Mary Cover Jones was appointed Associate in Psychological Research at the Institute of Education Research, Columbia University College Teachers College ("Mary Cover Jones (1897-1987)", n.d.). Here is where she started her most famous study of Peter and his fear of furry animals.
Peter and the rabbit
In 1920, Mary Cover Jones attended a lecture given by John B. Watson on a child named “Albert” who was conditioned
References: Logan, D. (1980). Mary Cover Jones: Feminine as Asset. Psychology Of Women Quarterly, 5(1), 103 Mary Cover Jones (1897-1987). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.psych.yorku.ca/femhop/Cover%20Jones.htm Nevid, J. S., & Pastva, A. (2011, Fall). Mary Cover Jones: The Mother of Modern Behavior Therapy. Psychology Teacher Network, 21(3), 7-9. Retrieved from https://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/detail?vid=2&hid=116&sid=6324aa6b-a092-4b6a-b360-481d5f86b88b%40sessionmgr112&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=pxh&AN=735962011-004 Rutherford, A. (n.d.). Mary Cover Jones (1896-1987). Retrieved from http://www.psych.yorku.ca/femhop/Cover%20Jones.htm .