1st Edition
Infancy in Uganda Infant Care and the Growth of Love
Part I: Purposes and Procedures
Chapter 1. Purposes and Plans
Chapter 2. The Ganda and How They Live
Chapter 3. Preliminaries
Chapter 4. The Sample
Chapter 5. Procedures
Part II: Methods of infant care and the infants’ responses to them
Chapter 6. Feeding
Chapter 7. Cleanliness
Chapter 8. Sleeping
Chapter 9. Mother Practices
Chapter 10. Distress, Anger, and Discipline
Chapter 11. Health and Safety
Part III: Case Summaries of the Infants and Their Families
Chapter 12. Three Children from Unacculturated Muslim Families: Aida, Juko, and Mujamidi
Chapter 13. Eight Babies from Relatively Acculturated Families: Waswa, Nakato, Nora, Kulistina, Senkumba, Nabatanzi, Nakiku, and Kasozi
Chapter 14. Four More Muslim Babies: Alima, Namitala, Sulamani, and Nakalema
Chapter 15. Four Babies from Acculturated Families: William, Maryamu, and the Younger Twins, Waswa and Nakato
Chapter 16. Five More Babies from Christian Families: Lusiya, Senvumna, Samwendi, Muetebe, and Kyimba
Chapter 17. Three Babies from Relatively Affluent Families: Paulo, Petero, and Magalita
Chapter 18. An Exceptional Child: Sembajwe
Part IV: Infant Development
Chapter 19. Sensorimotor Development
Chapter 20. Patterns of Attachment Behaviour
Chapter 21. Responses to Other Familiar Figures and to Strangers
Chapter 22. The Development of Attachments
Chapter 23. Variables Influencing the Development of Attachemnet
Chapter 24. Weaning
Chapter 25. Mother-Child Seperation
Chapter 26. Impressions and Conjectures
Biography
Mary D. Salter Ainsworth (1913–1999) was Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia. She was a pioneering developmental psychologist best known for her groundbreaking work on attachment theory. Ainsworth’s most influential work emerged from her observations in Uganda, detailed in this book. Ainsworth’s contributions earned her numerous awards, including the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. Her work remains foundational in psychology, impacting fields as diverse as psychotherapy, social work, and education, and continues to shape attachment research and theory today.
