Mary Salter Ainsworth

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Mary Dinsmore Salter Ainsworth

Brief Personal History: I was born in Glendale, Ohio, USA on December 1,1913. Both of my parents are college graduates of Dickson College. They were very literature oriented and valued education. I am the eldest of three girls. I spent the first four years of my life in Ohio, and then moved to Toronto, Canada with my family at five. My parents trained us at a very young age to value our education. I like to party, dance, read, listen to music, and engaging in activities such as tennis and basketball. In my spare time, I enjoy doing crossword puzzles and board games. I also enjoy learning geography and meteorology. However, my primary interest was psychology. In fact, I became interested in psychology after reading character and
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(Salter). 1979. Infant-Mother Attachment. American Psychologist 34 (10): 932-937.
Ainsworth, Mary D. (Salter). 1983. A Sketch of a Career. In Models of Achievement: Reflections of Eminent Women in Psychology, eds. Agnes N. O’Connell and Nancy Felipe Russo, 200-219. New York: Columbia University Press.
Ainsworth, Mary D. (Salter). 1989. Attachments beyond Infancy. American Psychologist 44 (4): 709-716.
Ainsworth, Mary D. (Salter), Mary C. Blehar, Everett Waters, and Sally Wall. 1978. Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Bell, Silvia M., and Mary D. (Salter) Ainsworth. 1972. Infant Crying and Maternal Responsiveness. Child Development 43 (4): 1171-1190.
Crittenden, Patricia M., and Mary D. (Salter) Ainsworth. 1989. Child Maltreatment and Attachment Theory. InChild Maltreatment: Theory and Research on the Causes and Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect, eds. Dante Cicchetti and Vicki Carlson, 432-463. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Stayton, Donelda J., Robert Hogan, and Mary D. (Salter) Ainsworth. 1971. Infant Obedience and Maternal Behavior: The Origins of Socialization Reconsidered. Child Development 42 (4):

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