Bowlby's maternal deprivation AO3
- Created by: Jordan64
- Created on: 15-08-17 16:55
View mindmap
- Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation AO3
- Counter-evidence for maternal deprivation
- Goldfarb: war-orphans who were traumatised & had poor after-care
- Found that this caused developmental difficulties
- Children growing up in poor quality institutions deprived of not just maternal care but other aspects
- Evidence suggests more factors cause affectionless psychopathy, rather than just separation
- Children growing up in poor quality institutions deprived of not just maternal care but other aspects
- Found that this caused developmental difficulties
- Goldfarb: war-orphans who were traumatised & had poor after-care
- Counter evidence
- Lewis (1954) replicated study on larger scale: 500 young people
- Early prolonged maternal separation didn't predict criminality or difficulty forming close relationships
- Suggests other factors may affect outcome of early maternal deprivation
- Early prolonged maternal separation didn't predict criminality or difficulty forming close relationships
- Lewis (1954) replicated study on larger scale: 500 young people
- Critical period as a 'sensitive' period
- Koluchova's (1976) case study: Czech twin boys isolated from 18 months.
- Looked after by loving adults and appeared to recover fully - child can recover from deprivation with good aftercare
- Case study shows the period is sensitive rather than critical
- Looked after by loving adults and appeared to recover fully - child can recover from deprivation with good aftercare
- Koluchova's (1976) case study: Czech twin boys isolated from 18 months.
- Support from animal studies
- Levy et al (2003): separation baby rats from mother for a day had permanent affect on social behaviour
- Shows that separation can have severe damage to a child's social, cognitive and emotional development
- However, there are questions as to how well the findings form Levy's study can be generalised to human behaviour
- Shows that separation can have severe damage to a child's social, cognitive and emotional development
- Levy et al (2003): separation baby rats from mother for a day had permanent affect on social behaviour
- Privation and deprivation not distinguished
- Rutter (1981): deprivation loss of PCG after attachment developed, privation failure to form attachment
- Rutter: severe long-term damage that Bowlby associated with deprivation is more likely result of privation
- Many of the thieves in Bowlby's study had moved from home to home during childhood - may not have formed attachments in first place
- This could be the cause of affectionless psychopathy rather than deprivation
- Many of the thieves in Bowlby's study had moved from home to home during childhood - may not have formed attachments in first place
- Rutter: severe long-term damage that Bowlby associated with deprivation is more likely result of privation
- Rutter (1981): deprivation loss of PCG after attachment developed, privation failure to form attachment
- Counter-evidence for maternal deprivation
Comments
No comments have yet been made