Privation
- Created by: Danni
- Created on: 05-12-12 12:24
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- Privation
- Curtiss (1977)
- Genie = found when 13 - severely neglected, malnourished + unable to speak
- Permanent effects of severe privation
- Can't determine cause + effect - could have had learning difficulties before isolation
- Harlow (1958)
- Not ethical to carry research out on children
- Raised monkeys in cages - no mother + caregiving
- When introduced to other monkeys: terrified (cowering, rocking + biting)
- Aggressive + unable to form relationships
- If had babies - poor, neglecting mothers
- Illustrates extreme consequences of privation (in animals)
- Aggressive + unable to form relationships
- Suomi + Harlow (1958) - if house 3 month old female monkeys 'therapist monkeys', cling to each other + reduce later problems
- Effects privation = modified by supportive experiences
- Results = generalisable to humans?
- Darwin's theory of evolution - all species = genetically linked in some way
- Generalisable because of close relatedness between humans + monkeys / behavioural continuity
- Darwin's theory of evolution - all species = genetically linked in some way
- Ethical issues - distress caused to mokeys
- Negative consequences when no chance to form attachment
- Koluchova (1991)
- Recovery of twins who experienced severe privation due to relationship with each other
- 18 months - 7 years: locked in cellar + abused
- Effects severe privation can be overcome with appropriate treatment + care
- Longitudinal study over 22 years
- Allowed researchers to look at changes in boys over time + steps they made to recover from privation
- Small sample = difficult to generalise results of privation to larger population
- Results = important in showing resilience of children
- Case study - unsure of factors enabling recovery to take place
- Recovery may have been possible because of isolation not being total - had each other
- Curtiss (1977)
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