Mary Ainsworth a Prominent Woman of Psychology PSY/310 October 30‚ 2010 Mary Ainsworth a Prominent Woman of Psychology Mary D. Salter- Ainsworth was born in Glendale‚ Ohio in December of 1913. Her parents were both academics at Dickenson College. Her father majored in history‚ while Mary’s mother focused on teaching and nursing. According to her biography‚ Mary and her two sisters grew up in a very “close-knit family” (Ainsworth‚ 1983). The importance of education was definitely impressed
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Psychosocial Stages of Development- Infancy and Toddlerhood There are two stages of psychosocial stages of development that occur in Infancy and Toddlerhood. In this discussion I will be discussing them and the elements in each. In Infancy the two stages of psychosocial development are trust vs. mistrust‚ these two stages are very important for the mental development of a child. This stage lasts from birth to two years old. During this stage an infant learns the stages of trusting their caregiver
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1. How would you explain the various attachment styles identified based on the work of Bowlby and Ainsworth? It’s sufficiently simple to know when you are connected to somebody in light of the fact that you know how you feel when you are separated from that individual‚ and‚ being a grown-up‚ you can articulate your sentiments and portray how it feels. In any case‚ most connection examination is completed utilizing newborn children and youthful youngsters‚ so therapists need to devise inconspicuous
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Mary Ainsworth PSY/310 Mary D. Salter Ainsworth When reading many introductions on the history of psychology it is noticed there are very few females mentioned. That does not mean women are not attributed to making significant impacts in the development of psychology. “The contributions of many of psychology ’s most eminent female thinkers have long been ignored‚ but that is starting to change as more history texts begin to recognize women such as Karen Horney‚ Mary Ainsworth‚ Leta Hollingworth
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This report will examine the child soldier situation in Uganda. Child abuse is strongly present in Uganda. The act of using child soldiers to protect your beliefs or a country is considered a strong reprehensible form of child abuse. Presently in Uganda‚ there are approximately 30‚000 child soldiers. These children are abducted from their homes and schools to become child soldiers. These child soldiers mutate other people’s faces and are commanded to kill their own parents. They are forced
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Ainsworth‚ Janet. “‘You have the right to remain silent…’ but only if you ask for it just so: the role of linguistic ideology in American police interrogation law.” The International Journal of Speech‚ Language and the Law‚ vol. 15‚ no. 1‚ 2008‚ pg. 1-21. In Janet Ainsworth’s article‚ “‘You have the right to remain silent…’ but only if you ask for it just so: the role of linguistic ideology in American police interrogation law‚” she explores the linguistic complexities of legal language‚ specifically
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Mini-Paper #1 Pregnancy/Infancy Maltreatment is defined as being a deliberate‚ or avoidable‚ endangerment of a child‚ whether it is inflicted by parents or others (1). Sadly‚ many children today‚ including infants‚ unnecessarily become victims of many different types of maltreatment. One form of maltreatment stands out the most to me because it just goes to show how completely heartless so many people can be—shaken baby syndrome. In 2007‚ while studying social work‚ I was doing volunteer work
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“Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people‚ not to alter their behavior” - Jack Schwart. Uganda has been greatly affected by genocide‚ different factors and people contribute to the problems there. Uganda is a landlocked country in Africa. It has a tropical climate and is divided into three distinct areas‚ the swampy lowlands‚ a fertile plateau with wooded hills‚ and a desert region. It has a population of 37.58 million and has one of the lowest median ages in the world‚ age 15. Uganda’s capital
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AIDS in Uganda “Officials estimate that a million Ugandans are living with HIV‚ the virus that causes AIDS. Of these‚ an estimated 200‚000 are in the advanced stages of the virus and need antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). About half of these are receiving treatment.” (Kavuma). For decades the governments of some African countries have been unable to provide the proper healthcare for their people. Among these countries‚ Uganda is home to one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS. The government has put effort
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Before Bowlby and Ainsworth came forth with attachment theory‚ the role parental attentiveness played in the cognitive and psychological development of the child was widely understated. Although similar theorists such as Piaget‚ Erickson‚ Freud‚ Kohlberg and Braufenbreener all vied for secured interactions between mothers and infants‚ their comments appeared to be understated in light of the developmental theories (Crain‚ 2010). As such‚ the theory positions itself as an incredible strength. When
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