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Louise Bates Ames (29 October 1908 - 31 October 1966) was an American psychologist specializing in child development.[1]

Biography[]

Ames was born in Portland, Oregon.

Ames died of cancer aged 88, at her grand-daughter's home in Cincinnati.[2] Her papers are held at the Library of Congress.[3]

Career[]

From 1933 to 1950 she worked as an research assistant to Arnold Gesell at the Yale Clinic of Child Development. In 1950 she co-founded the Gesell Institute of Child Development. Active in popularizing psychology, she was a prolific co-author and hosted one of the first television shows on child development. Her work emphasised stages in child development.[4]

In 1950, she then went on to found the Gesell Institute of Human Development with her collegue from the Clinic of Child Development ,Francis Ilg.

Positions[]

She was president of the Society for Projective Techniques between 1969 and 1971.


Editorships[]

She was editor of the following journals:

Media activity[]

Ames was very active in the media.

  • In 1952 she started to write a a daily newspaper column 'Child behavior' which was syndicated in some 65 major newspaper across the US and ran for about 25 years.

[5]

  • In 1953 she delivered a weekly television show through WBZ Boston which ran for several years.
  • This was followed by a series in Cleveland and later a daily show on the Westinghouse stations.


Publications[]

Books[]

  • The first five years of life, 1940
  • Infant and child in the culture of today, 1943
  • The child from five to ten, 1946
  • (with Frances L. Ilg) Child behavior, 1955
  • (with Frances L. Ilg and Arnold Gesell) Youth: the years from ten to sixteen, 1956
  • (with Frances L. Ilg) Parents ask, 1962
  • (with Frances L. Ilg) School Readiness, 1963
  • (with Clyde Gillespie and John W. Streff) Stop schoool failure, 1972
  • (with Ruth W. Metraux, Janet Learned Rodell and Richard Walker) Child Rorschach Responses: developmental trends from two to ten years, 1974
  • (with Frances L. Ilg and Sidney Baker) Child behavior: from the Gesell Institute of Human Development, 1981
  • Arnold Gesell: Themes of his work, 1989

Papers[]

  • Ames, L.B. (1943). The Gesell Incomplete Man Test as a differential indicator of average and superior behavior in preschool children. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 62,217-274
  • Ames, L.B., Ilg, F.L. (1963). The Gesell Incompltete Man Test as a measure of developmental status. Genetic Psychology Monographs. Nov;68:247-307.
  • Ames, L.B. (1966). Childrens Stories. Genetic Psychology Monographs. 74:337-396
  • Ames, L.B. (1966). Rorschach responses of negroes and whites compared. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 109,297-309
  • Ames, L.B. (1975). Are Rorschach responses influenced by socity's change? Journal of Personality Assesment, 39,439-452
  • Ames, L.B. (1984). Calibration of aging.Journal of Personality Assesment, 38,507-529

References[]

  1. Julia Grant; Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. "Ames, Louise Bates" Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, 22–3, Harvard University Press. URL accessed 9 June 2013.
  2. Henry Fountain, Louise Ames, 88, a Child Psychologist, Dies, New York Times, Nov. 7, 1996. Accessed 9 June 2013.
  3. David Mathison, Louise Bates Ames Papers: A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress, 2010. Accessed 9 June 2013.
  4. Hogan, John D. (2000). Lawrence Balter Parenthood in America, 48–50, ABC-CLIO. URL accessed 9 June 2013.
  5. Sheehey, N., Chapman, A.J. and Conroy, W. (1997). Biographical Dictionary of Psychology, 2nd ed. London:Routledge.

Further reading[]

  • Ames, 'Louise Bates Ames', in Dennis Thompson & John D. Hogan, eds., A History of Developmental Psychology in Autobiography, 1966
  • Ames, 'Child Development and Clinical Psychology', in Eugene Walker, ed., The History of Clinical Psychology in Autobiography, vol.2, 1993
  • Gwendolyn Stevens and Sheldon Gardner, The Women of Psychology, vol. 2., 1982
  • Richard N. Walker, 'Louise Bates Ames', American Psychologist, 54, July 1999, p.516

External links[]

  • Matthew Pelcowitz, Louise Bates Ames, Psychology's Feminist Voices, 2012. Accessed 9 June 2013.


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