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Mary Cover Jones

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Gender Female
Death36 years ago
Date of birth September 1,1897
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Johnstown
Pennsylvania
United States
Date of died July 22,1987
DiedSanta Barbara
California
United States
Known forDesensitization
BooksPersonality Development in Childhood: A Survey of Problems, Methods and Experimental Findings
Spous Harold Jones
Education Columbia University
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Mary Cover Jones was an American developmental psychologist and a pioneer of behavior therapy, despite the field being heavily dominated by males throughout much of the 20th century. Joseph Wolpe dubbed her "the mother of behavior therapy" due to her famous study of Peter and development of desensitization.

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