History of mary ainsworth

American-Canadian psychologist & scholar

Mary Dinsmore Ainsworth (née&#;Salter; December 1, – March 21, )^[1] was an American-Canadiandevelopmental psychologist known for her work in the development of the attachment theory.

She designed the strange situation procedure to observe early emotional attachment between a child and their primary caregiver.

History of mary ainsworth

A Review of General Psychology survey ranked Ainsworth as the 97th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.^[2] Many of Ainsworth's studies are "cornerstones" of modern-day attachment theory.^[3][4]

Life

Mary Dinsmore Salter was born in Glendale, Ohio on December 1, , the eldest of three daughters born to Mary and Charles Salter.

Her father, who possessed a master's degree in history, worked at a manufacturing firm in Cincinnati and her mother was a nurse. Both her parents were graduates of Dickinson College who placed "high value on a good liberal arts educatio