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- Eleanor Emmons Maccoby (May 15, 1917 – December 11, 2018) was an American psychologist who was most recognized for her research and scholarly contributions to the fields of gender studies and developmental psychology.
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Eleanor Emmons Maccoby (May 15, 1917 – December 11, 2018) was an American psychologist who was most recognized for her research and scholarly contributions to the fields of gender studies and developmental psychology. [1]
APA-Women in Technology and Science (WIST). Career development Profile: Eleanor Maccoby, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University. Retrieved on December 2, 2007 from http://www.apa.org/science/wist/maccoby.html. Eminent psychologists of the 20th century. (July/August, 2002). Monitor on Psychology, 33(7), p.29.
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Maccoby's work covered a variety of subjects, and she is best known for her accomplishments in the following areas: 1. Research in developmental psychology 2. Research on gender and sex roles 3. Studies on selective attention 4. Investigations into the impact of divorce 5. First woman to chair the Stanford Psychology Department
Eleanor Emmons Maccoby was born on May 15, 1917 in Tacoma, Washington. She was the second of four daughters born to her parents, Eugene and Viva. She married a psychology graduate student named Nathan Maccoby during her senior year of college and the couple later went on to adopt three children. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University ...
Maccoby worked briefly with behaviorist psychologist B. F. Skinnerbefore she was offered a position at Harvard University by psychologist Robert Sears. Her early research included studies on the impact of television on children and investigations into child-rearing practices. Eventually, Maccoby began to feel that her gender was impacting her abili...
Some of her best-known publications date back to the 1950s as well as much more recent works. One of her earliest texts on the subject of child development was "Patterns of Child-Rearing," published in 1957. The book grew out of her large-scale study on child rearing, which served as an early work examining parent-child relationships. Other books i...
Maccoby's work helped pioneer research on gender roles and sex differences. She has received numerous awards and recognitions for her work, including the G. Stanley HallAward (1982) and the American Psychology Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award (1996). Among her many accomplishments, she also served as the president of Division 7 of the APA from...
Eleanor Maccoby, who passed away on Dec. 11, 2018, at the age of 101 years, is among the most revered progenitors of modern-day developmental psychology. She was a distinguished scientist, having been recognized with five lifetime achievement awards. She was a pioneer of women in academic psychology.
Dec 22, 2018 · Eleanor Emmons Maccoby, a distinguished psychologist and a pioneer in the field of gender studies who was the first woman to head the Stanford University psychology department, died on Dec. 11...
Dec 14, 2018 · Eleanor Maccoby, the Barbara Kimball Browning Professor of Psychology, Emerita, at Stanford, recognized for scholarly contributions to gender studies and child and family psychology, died Dec. 11 at age 101 of pneumonia in Palo Alto.
Dec 14, 2018 · APS William James Fellow Eleanor E. Maccoby, widely considered to be one of the most influential psychological scientists of the 20th century, passed away December 11 at the age of 101. She is recognized worldwide for her research on gender development and differentiation and parent-child relationships.
