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Your topic is Mary K.Rothbart. She received the American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement Psychology in the Science of Psychology and SRCD Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development She is referenced in you textbook chapter 13, page 531. Her personal website is http://psychology.uoregon.edu/profile/maryroth/. She is referenced on Wikipedia in an article on Temperament. An example of her work is Rothbart, M. K. (2007). Temperament, development, and personality. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16(4), 207-212.

Mary Klevjord Rothbart (born YEAR in PLACE) is a psychologist and professor known for her research in the fields of developing the usual individual differences in temperament using methods that have ranged from the questionnaire to laboratory observations. Rothbart has developed a parent- and self-report questionnaires for assessing temperament in infancy, childhood, early adolescence, and adulthood. Rothbart has also developed standardized laboratory assessments of temperament, and successfully Rothbart has done extensive laboratory work on the early development of the emotions, activity, and attention

Biography
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What impact does her work have on society? Rothbart views temperament as the individuals personality differences in infants and young children that are present prior to the development of higher cognitive and social aspects of their personality. Mention a notable publications that she wrote.

Write about awards that she earned. What were the awards and prizes for? Any major grants?

Outside of scholarly work, what else did she do? Lectures? Conference presentations?

Research
What is the psychologist known for? Elaborate a little more about her field of study and research interests.

Briefly describe one or more of her studies and what is the general implication of the study for each.

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Publications
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