Flashcards
Maternal Deprivation
Cards in this deck (12)
- 1What does the maternal deprivation hypothesis explain?Bowlby (1951) developed it to explain what happens when attachments are broken
- 2Describe Bowlby's 44 thieves study.Compared 44 juvenile thieves with a control of non-thieves
32% of thieves had affectionless psychopathy, 0% of the control did
86% of the psychs experienced maternal deprivation compared to 17% of non-psych - 3How does Goldfarb's research support Institutionalisation?Goldfarb (1943) compared 15 children raised in isolation to 15 given to a foster home by their mothers
At age 3, the isolated children were less developed than the fostered - 4What did Tizard and Hodges (1978) find about institutionalised children?Those who were adopted had strong attachments to their parents but trouble relating to their peers
- 5Describe Rutter et al. (1998)Investigated whether loving care can overcome the effects of privation through studying 111 children
He found they all improved after being adopted, especially those adopted early - 6Name the three studies into long-term deprivation.Furstenberg and Kiernan (2001) - divorce led to lower social development
Rodgers and Pryor (1998) - children through multiple divorces had the most behavioural problems
Hetherington and Stanley-Hagan (1999) found only 25% experienced long-term problems - 7What is privation?When no attachment bond is formed
- 8Describe Curtiss and Rymer's case study.Both studied Genie, a girl who was isolated and strapped to a potty seat until she was 13, who could not stand or speak. In 6 years, she improved her IQ from 38 years to 74 in 6 years
- 9Describe Freud and Dann's case study?Analysed the 6 Bulldog Banks children, who had been in a Nazi concentration camp aged 3-4.
Hostile to adults, forming bonds with each other but not with adults. The study contradicts Bowlby's idea that privation causes lasting damage. - 10What was the model Bowlby used to describe short-term separation?PDD model
Protest - outward expression of anger
Despair - inward expression of calmer, more apathetic behaviour, rejecting offer of comfort
Detachment - the child is wary and often rejects the caregiver on reunion - 11Describe Rutter and Quinton (1976) on short-term separation.Found that children under 5 who were separated from their caregiver had more behavioural problems than a control
- 12What are the weakness of the theory of short-term separation?Correlation not causation
Barrett (1997) found individual differences are important
Robertson and Robertson (1971) found that providing another attachment can prevent this damage
Information
- Description
- A level Psychology (Attachment) Flashcards on Maternal Deprivation, created by Bethany Barnes on 21/01/2020.
- Created by
- Bethany Barnes
- Views
- 0
- Rating