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Louise Bates Ames (29 October 1908 – 31 October 1996) was an American psychologist specializing in child development.
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Life
From 1933 to 1950 she worked as a 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 emphasized stages in child development.
She received the Bruno Klopfer Award in 1974.
Ames died of cancer aged 88, at her granddaughter's home in Cincinnati. Her papers are held at the Library of Congress.
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