Katie talks about a gal who went to college at age 16 and became a renowned child psychologist. Learn about the bonds between infants and care-givers because of the work of Mary Ainsworth. The gal pals also talk about donating their body to science or becoming a diamond, a coral reef, a tree or a record!
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Show Notes & Extras
- The gal pals this month are: Dr. Leah Leach, Bonnie Fillenwarth, Katie Harris and Lisa Meece.
- Bonnie previously talked about science gal Alice Ball.
- Get-to-know-you question: Would you donate your body to science when you die?
- Green Burial (More info from Everplans.com)
- Leah becomes an organ donor
- Turn yourself into a tree, a diamond, a coral reef, a record!
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlyn Doughty (Amazon Smile)
- Mary Roach books (Gal’s Guide has a few) (Amazon Smile)
- Katie’s Last Will & Testament
- Katie’s 1 Cool Science Thing is child psychologist Mary Ainsworth
- Attachment theory
- Background on Mary going from America to Canada
- Pop Quiz! Who was the U.S. President in 1913
- Mary was an early reader of “appropriate books”
- Mary’s mom was jealous that Mary was close to her father
- Maybe that’s why Mary’s research later was too focused on the mother?
- CLARIFICATION: The book was Character and the Conduct of Life: Practical Psychology for Everyman by William McDougall
- Mary went to college at age 16
- Dissertation “An Evaluation of Adjustment Based on the Concept of Security” (Google Book Link)
- Canadian Women’s Army Corps 1942
- Taught personality psychology in Toronto
- Rorschach Test! (More info on the Rorschach Inkblot test from Very Well Mind)
- London! Uganda!
- Naturalistic study on the attachment of infants and mothers in Uganda
- Mary’s Book Infancy in Uganda (Amazon Smile)
- Back in the U.S.A
- Trying to get a promotion at Johns Hopkins
- 1965 study “The Strange Situation”
- 3 Attachment Styles
- More info on the Attachment Styles including a video from SimplePsychology.org
- Protege, Mary Main, came up with a 4th style
- Awards
- Books (Amazon Smile)
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