romanian orphans

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  • Created on: 26-04-18 15:50
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  • Romanian Ophans
    • effects of institutionalisation
      • Child attaches to everyone
      • They show signs of mental retardation if not adopted before 6 months of age
    • procedure
      • 165 romanian orphans who lived in poor conditions before they were adopted in Britain were reseached
      • physical, cognitive and emotional development was studied from 4 to 15 years.
      • they also followed a control group of 52 adopted British children
    • Findings
      • those adopted before 6 months had a mean IQ of 102. those adopted between 6 months and 2 years had a mean IQ of 86. those after 2 years had IQ of 77
      • those adopted after 6 months showed clinginess, attention-seeking etc.
        • theres a sensitive period
    • AO3
      • important practical applications (improvements in institutions)
      • cant generalise, conditions were so bad
      • children weren't randomly assigned, so adopted could have been more sociable (cv)

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