Biography:Mary Louise Northway

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Short description: Canadian psychologist (1909–1987)
Mary L. Northway
Born
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedFebruary 27, 1987(1987-02-27) (aged 77)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
ThesisBartlett's concept, "schemata". (1938)
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
Sub-disciplineDevelopmental psychology
Social psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto

Mary Louise Northway ((1909-05-28)May 28, 1909 – (1987-02-27)February 27, 1987)[1] was a Canadian psychologist, recognized for her work in the area of sociometry (the measurement of social relationships). She was a faculty member at the University of Toronto.

Biography

Northway was born in Toronto on May 28, 1909; she was the only child of Lucy Northway (née MacKellar) and Arthur Garfield Northway.[1] She was educated in Toronto at Branksome Hall, Rosedale Public School, and Bishop Strachan School.[1]

Northway obtained her B.A. in psychology in 1933 and her M.A. in psychology in 1934, both from the University of Toronto.[1][2] In 1935–1936, she travelled to Cambridge, England, to study under psychologist Frederic Bartlett.[1] Northway earned her PhD from the University of Toronto in 1938, with a dissertation titled Bartlett's Concept of the Schema.[1] This work was published in the British Journal of Psychology in 1940.[3]

Northway was a faculty member in the psychology department at the University of Toronto from 1933 to 1963.[1][2] She was also a lecturer, and later Supervisor of Research, at the university's Institute of Child Study (ICS), from 1938 until her retirement in 1968.[2] Northway attributed her resignation to the university's funding cutbacks to educational, search, and research programs at the ICS.[4]

In 1969, Northway co-founded the Brora Centre, a non-profit organization that conducted child development research that was no longer supported by the university.[2][4] The centre operated until 1978.[2] Northway was awarded an honorary degree from Trent University in 1979.[5]

Northway died in Toronto on February 27, 1987, of pancreatic cancer.[1][6]

Research

Northway was a pioneering researcher in the field of sociometry, examining children's social groups.[2][4][6] She coordinated a multi-decade longitudinal sociometric study at the Institute of Child Study.[2][7] Northway examined the forms and functions of children's social groups, and how these factors were related to individual behaviour.[4][8][9] She also published on sociometric methodology, including methods for visually depicting social relationships.[10][11]

During her career, Northway also published on a range of developmental psychology topics, including adolescent development,[12] parent-child relationships,[13] and She was also interested in summer camp as a context for the healthy development of children,[14] and edited a guide for camp counsellors.[15]

Selected works

  • Northway, Mary L. (1936). "The Influence of Age and Social Group on Children's Remembering". British Journal of Psychology. General Section 27: 11–29. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1936.tb00813.x. 
  • Northway, Mary L. (1940). "A Method for Depicting Social Relationships Obtained by Sociometric Testing". Sociometry 3 (2): 144–150. doi:10.2307/2785439. 
  • Northway, Mary L. (1944). "Outsiders: A Study of the Personality Patterns of Children Least Acceptable to Their Age Mates". Sociometry 7 (1): 10–25. doi:10.2307/2785534. 
  • Northway, Mary L. (1946). "Sociometry and Some Challenging Problems of Social Relationships". Sociometry 9 (2/3): 187–198. doi:10.2307/2785004. 
  • Northway, Mary L.; Wigdor, Blossom T. (1947). "Rorschach Patterns Related to the Sociometric Status of School Children". Sociometry 10 (2): 186. doi:10.2307/2785335. 
  • Northway, Mary L.; Rooks, Margaret Mccallum; Moreno, J. L. (1955). "Creativity and Sociometric Status in Children". Sociometry 18 (4): 194. doi:10.2307/2785854. 
  • Northway, Mary L. (1968). "The Stability of Young Children's Social Relations". Educational Research 11: 54–57. doi:10.1080/0013188680110109. 

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Dilouya, Barry. "Mary Louise Northway (1909 - 1987)" (in en). https://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/about/heritage/mary-northway-biography. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Young, Jacy L. (2011). "Mary Louise Northway - Psychology's Feminist Voices". http://www.feministvoices.com/mary-northway/. 
  3. ↑ Northway, M.L. (1940). "The Concept of the "Schema"". British Journal of Psychology 31: 22–36. https://search.proquest.com/openview/8f5a65e401193035ee8288b13fcf54cd/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1818401. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Quarrington, Bruce (1989). "Mary L. Northway (1909-1987)." (in en). Canadian Psychology 30 (1): 98. doi:10.1037/h0084579. ISSN 0708-5591. 
  5. ↑ "Lightfoot to be honored". The Ottawa Citizen: pp. 33. 1979-04-06. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51990894/lightfoot-to-be-honored/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "World authority on children dies". Edmonton Journal: pp. 40. 1987-03-02. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51991727/obituary-for-mary-louise-northway-aged/. 
  7. ↑ Northway, Mary L. (1954). "A Plan for Sociometric Studies in a Longitudinal Programme of Research in Child Development". Sociometry 17 (3): 272–281. doi:10.2307/2785820. 
  8. ↑ Winn, Marcia (1955-10-20). "Teacher's pet suffers scorn of classmates". The Atlanta Constitution: pp. 18. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51991027/teachers-pet-suffers-scorn-of/. 
  9. ↑ Bell, Pat (1974-10-03). "Friendship: Time for children". The Ottawa Citizen: pp. 62. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51992035/friendship-time-for-children/. 
  10. ↑ Northway, M.L. (1952). A primer of sociometry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 
  11. ↑ Northway, Mary L. (1940). "A Method for Depicting Social Relationships Obtained by Sociometric Testing". Sociometry 3 (2): 144–150. doi:10.2307/2785439. 
  12. ↑ "Adolescents are reasonable". Langley Advance: pp. 10. 1949-11-03. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51991226/adolescents-are-reasonable/. 
  13. ↑ "Love should go to children without any sense of duty". The Boston Globe: pp. 23. 1954-10-22. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51990638/love-should-go-to-children-without-any/. 
  14. ↑ "Camping possibilities noted at conference". The Gazette: pp. 4. 1943-05-04. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51991537/camping-possibilities-noted-at/. 
  15. ↑ "Choice is yours". The Windsor Star: pp. 18. 1940-10-26. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51991570/choice-is-yours/. 

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