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Nancy Bayley

Nancy Bayley. 1899 - 1994. History & Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley. September 28, 1899 -- Nancy Bayley born 1916-- Congress 1917-- Picketing for suffrage 1920-- 19th Amendment; League of Women Voters. Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley. 1922-- B.S. University of Washington

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Nancy Bayley

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  1. Nancy Bayley 1899 - 1994

  2. History & Zeitgeist

  3. Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley • September 28, 1899-- Nancy Bayley born • 1916-- Congress • 1917-- Picketing for suffrage • 1920-- 19th Amendment; League of Women Voters

  4. Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley • 1922-- B.S. University of Washington • 1923-- Equal Rights Amendment proposed • 1924-- M.S. in psychology University of Washington • 1925-- First woman governor • 1926-- Ph.D., University of Iowa & Instructor, University of Wyoming • 1933-- First woman in U.S. cabinet

  5. Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley’s Career • 1933-- First woman in U.S. cabinet • 1941-1945-- WW II • 1942-- Women in military • 1954-- NIMH • 1963-- Equal Pay Act • 1963-- Feminist movement • 1964-- Civil Rights Act

  6. Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley’s Career • 1966: Distinguished Scientific Contribution • 1966-- NOW • 1971-- APA Stanley Hall Award • 1972-- Title IX • 1972-- Equal Rights Amendment • 1973-- Row v. Wade • 1981-- Supreme Court • 1982-- APF Gold Medal • 1993-- Attorney General • 1993-- Sexual Harassment • 1994-- Nancy Bayley Dies

  7. Professional Obstacles

  8. Early 20th century for women • 1903- Women’s Trade Union League • 1920- Woman Suffrage, 19th Amendment. • 1941-1945, WWII • 1964- Civil Rights Act

  9. Nancy Bayley, Early on • Did not start school until she was 8 • Made up two years by age 10 • Completed schooling quickly

  10. The 20th century for women in academia • Salary: Men > Women across the board • Major universities 1960: 6.6% women, 2.6% full professorships • Tenured positions: Men > Women • Women typically clustered at the lower ranks

  11. Women in academia, cont • Degrees earned, slight + trend from 1900 to 1971 • Employment status of PhD’s 1960-1973

  12. Struggles, cont. • hugely successful • lived through a time of change for women • apparently unaffected • awards, accomplishments

  13. Experiments and Research

  14. Berkeley Growth Study • Factors that do not influence IQ • Health • Sex • Nursery school attendance • Birth order • Only child • Divorced parents • Shy children

  15. Berkeley Growth Study • Followed development through adulthood • Mental growth stabilizes ≈ 4 years

  16. Bayley Scales of Infant Development • Assesses development between 1 month to 3.5 years • Mental, Motor, and Behavior Rating Scales • Standard for infant assessment • Standardization sample of 1400 infants

  17. Bayley Scales of Infant Development • Reliability • First year .63-.93 split half • First year >.55 test-retest • Good Validity

  18. Strengths and Weaknesses

  19. Strengths • Measurement & Ethics • Naturalistic observation • Did not rely on one testing session • Concerned with welfare of participants • Bayley scales can be used with Normal, High risk, and MR infants

  20. Weaknesses • No adult scales • Weak for lower preschool age • IQ not highly predictive before age 4

  21. Influences

  22. Physical Development • Predicting adult size from infant size • Sex, height, skeletal age, & velocity of growth • Accurate within 1-inch • Height chart still in use

  23. Motor & Mental Development • 1940 - Rapid growth in infancy due to • Nervous system growth • Stronger muscles • Change in body proportions • These ideas were proven in 1980’s

  24. Bayley Scales of Infant Development

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