Sandra was born in Washington D.C in August of 1936. The time that Sandra was born was in The Great depression (Faculty.webster, n.d). Families were affected during this period of time but not hers. Sandra’s dad was a physician, and her mother was an elementary school teacher. When Sandra’s baby sister was born the family had moved to New York, then to Maryland because their dad to reassigned in this workforce. They lived on a chemical warfare post, so she had an odd childhood (Faculty.webster, n.d). Not most kids would grow up around that type of scene. When the war ended she was going into 7th grade and was put in a school in Baltimore where she caught up with her education (Faculty.webster, n.d). This school had very strict rules and set Sandra up for the rest of her life. She later graduated from Vassar in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology (Faculty.webster, n.d). First, she began working at a social service agency, learning how to associate with the ethnic minority groups in society. After this, she worked as a research assistant at the National Institute of Mental Health, gaining more knowledge of psychology (Faculty.webster, n.d). Although her parents wanted her to settle down in life, Sandra went on to Harvard for graduation in 1961. Here she felt a bias in the faculty towards female graduates. She got married to Harry Scarr and had a child (Faculty.webster, n.d). After receiving her Ph.D. in 1965 in Behavior Genetics, she pursued teaching at various institutions. At the University of Pennsylvania, she discovered the relation between the environmental factors and intelligence in children (Faculty.webster, n.d). This was later applied to the neonatal care and the how stimulated premature babies recovered faster. She moved to Minnesota, where she remarried and worked on various studies. In 1974, women’s salaries were increased, whereby Sandra received a 25% increase (Faculty.webster, n.d). Her achievements include editing and publishing many famous books, like the APA journal, Developmental Psychology, Mother Care, Other Care. Receiving a National Award, she retired as a great name in the world of Psychology (Faculty.webster, n.d).
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