Frances K. Graham (1918 – April 16, 2013) was an American psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the

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, where she was elected to the

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in 1988.

Career

Graham's studies focused on child and developmental psychology. While little is known about Graham's early life, she graduated with a Ph.D. in Psychology from

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in 1942. After graduating from Yale, Graham went on to work at

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where she studied anoxia in newborns. She continued her research at the

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, and in 1986 she became a professor at the

. Graham served as president of the

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, president of the

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, president of the American Psychological Association Division of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Section on Psychology, and chair of the NIMH Board of Scientific Counselors. She was elected to the

in 1988.

Honors and awards

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(APS)

William James Fellow Award The William James Fellow Award is an award of the Association for Psychological Science which "honors APS Members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology". The requirement is that "recipient ...

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(APA)

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Award for Distinguished Contribution to

Developmental Psychology Developmental psychology is the science, scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult deve ...

award *

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Gold Metal Award for Life Achievement in Psychological Science *

Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology Award *

Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award * APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (1990)

Selected works

* Behavioral Differences Between Normal and Traumatized Newborns: II: Standardization, Reliability, and Validity" (1956) * "The relationship of paranatal experience to oxygen saturation in newborn infants" (1957) * "Brain injury in the preschool child: Some developmental considerations: I. Performance of normal children." (1963) * "Brain injury in the preschool child: Some developmental considerations: II. Comparison of brain injured and normal children" (1963) * "Habituation of Heart Rate Response to Repeated Auditory Stimulation during the First Five Days of Life" (1968) * "The More or Less Startling Effects of Weak Prestimulation" (1975) * "Prestimulation effects on blink and cardiac reflexes of 15-month human infants" (1989)

References

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