Warm, intimate, emotional relationship is essential.
Deprived of critical period - emotional disturbed and if no substitute found causes affectionless.
- If critical period is missed then it causes psychopathy and reduced intellectual ability.
44 thieves study:
44 delinquent teenagers accused of stealing. All theives were interviewed for signs of affectionless psychopathy characterised by a lack of affection, guilt and empathy.
14 out of 44 thieves could be described as affectionless psychopaths. 12 had expeirienced prolonged seperation from their mothers in first two years of thier lives.
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