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Lois Barclay Murphy - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Lois Barclay Murphy
- Lois Barclay Murphy (March 23, 1902 – December 24, 2003) was an American developmental psychologist who had an important impact on the study of normal child development.
- Murphy was instrumental in changing the ways in which children were viewed in psychology—previous work tended to focus on pathology, while Murphy emphasized more positive and social elements, including normal development and the development of empathy and ethics in children.
- She collaborated on 16 works with her husband, Gardner Murphy, published a book about his work after his death as well as several on her own work.
- She founded the Early Childhood Center (EEC), a college laboratory school focused on child development, at St Lawrence College in 1937 which is still in operation today.
- l Murphy was given the G.
- Stanley Hall Award in developmental psychology in recognition of her contributions to the field.
