Nancy Bayley
History & Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley ► September 28, 1899 ► September 28, Nancy Bayley born Congress Picketing for suffrage th Amendment; League of Women Voters
Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley ► B.S. University of Washington Equal Rights Amendment proposed ► M.S. in psychology University of Washington First woman governor ► Ph.D., University of Iowa & Instructor, University of Wyoming First woman in U.S. cabinet
Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley’s Career ► ► First woman in U.S. cabinet ► ► WW II ► ► Women in military ► ► NIMH ► ► Equal Pay Act ► ► Feminist movement ► ► Civil Rights Act
Zeitgeist: Nancy Bayley’s Career ► 1966: Distinguished Scientific Contribution ► ► NOW ► ► APA Stanley Hall Award ► ► Title IX ► ► Equal Rights Amendment ► ► Row v. Wade ► ► Supreme Court ► APF Gold Medal ► ► Attorney General ► ► Sexual Harassment ► Nancy Bayley Dies
Professional Obstacles
Early 20th century for women Women’s Trade Union League Woman Suffrage, 19th Amendment. , WWII Civil Rights Act
Nancy Bayley, Early on ► Did not start school until she was 8 ► Made up two years by age 10 ► Completed schooling quickly
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
Women in academia, cont Degrees earned, slight + trend from 1900 to 1971 Employment status of PhD’s
Struggles, cont. hugely successful lived through a time of change for women apparently unaffected awards, accomplishments
Experiments and Research
Berkeley Growth Study ► Factors that do not influence IQ ► Health ► Sex ► Nursery school attendance ► Birth order ► Only child ► Divorced parents ► Shy children
Berkeley Growth Study ► Followed development through adulthood ► Mental growth stabilizes ≈ 4 years
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
Bayley Scales of Infant Development ► Reliability First year split half First year >.55 test-retest ► Good Validity
Strengths and Weaknesses
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
Weaknesses ► No adult scales ► Weak for lower preschool age ► IQ not highly predictive before age 4
Influences
Physical Development ► Predicting adult size from infant size Sex, height, skeletal age, & velocity of growth Accurate within 1-inch Height chart still in use
Motor & Mental Development ► Rapid growth in infancy due to Nervous system growth Stronger muscles Change in body proportions ► These ideas were proven in 1980’s
Bayley Scales of Infant Development