Mary Cover Jones
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican psychologist (1897-1888)
United StatesLived 1897 to 1987 · aged 89Fame45.0
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Mary Cover Jones was an American developmental psychologist and a pioneer of behavior therapy, despite the field being heavily dominated by males throughout much of the 20th century. Joseph Wolpe dubbed her "the mother of behavior therapy" due to her famous study of Peter and development of desensitization.
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Jerome KaganAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental PsychologyMichael RutterAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology
Eleanor J. GibsonAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental PsychologyRobert HindeAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology
Diana BaumrindAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology
Robert Richardson SearsAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology
Eleanor J. GibsonAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental PsychologyRobert HindeAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental PsychologyDiana BaumrindAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental PsychologyRobert Richardson SearsAlso won Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental PsychologyAbout this person
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Lived 1897 to 1987 · aged 89
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