BOWLBYS THEORY MATERNAL DEPRIVATIO

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  • Created on: 17-03-16 09:44

MATERNAL DEPRIVATION

FOCUSED IDE CONTINUAL PRESENCE FROM CAREGIVER ESSENIAL NORMAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

EMOTIONALLY & INTELLECTUALLY

SEPERATION = SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

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SEPERATION VS DEPRIVATION

SEPERATION: CHILD NO PRESENCE PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURE

DEPRIVAION: CHILD LOSES ELEMENT OF CARE

BREIF SEPERATIONS NOT SIGNIFICANT - SUBSTITUTE CAREGIVER

EXTENDED = DEPRIVATION

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THE CRITICAL PERIOD

30 MONTHS

SEPERATED MOTHER DEPRIVE EMOTIONAL PERIOD DURING CRITICAL PERIOD

PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE INEVTIBALE

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EFFECTS DEVELOPMENT

INTELLECTUAL: MENTAL RETARDATION - LOW IQ - DEMONSTRATED ADOPTION

GOLDFARD LOWER IQ CHILDREN INSTITUIONS COMPARED FOSTER HOMES - HIGHER STANDARD EMOTIONAL CARE

EMOTIONAL: AFFECTIONAL PSYCHOPAATHY - UNABLE EXPERIENE STRONG EMOTIONS E.G. GUILT

PREVENTS DEVLOPING MORAL RELATIONSHIPS 

CANT APPRECIATE FEELINGS VICTIMS 

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BOWLBYS 44 THIEVES

EXAMINED LINK AFFECTIONALESS PSCHOPATHOLOY & MATERNAL DEPRIVATION

44 CRIMMINAL TEENS ACCUSED STEELING

INTERVIEWED SIGNS AFFECTIONLESS - ESTABLISHED WHETHER EARLY SEPERATION MOTHER

CONTROL GROUP NON-CRIMMINAL EMOTIONALLY DISTRUBED PEOPLE

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FINDINGS

14 / 44 AFFECTIONLESS PSYCHOPATHS

12 / 14 PROLONGED SEPERATION FIRST 2 YEARS

ONLY 5 OTHER THIEVES EXPERIENCED SEPERATION

CONTROL GROUP 2 / 44 PROLONGED SEPERATION

PROLONGED SEPERATION CAUSED AFFECTIONLESS PSYCHOPATHY

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EVALUTATION: EVIDENCE POOR

SOURCED WW 2 ORPHANS GROWING POOR CONDITIONS

WAR ORPHANS TRAUMATISED & POOR AFTERCARE - CAUSED ISSUES NOT SEPERATION

BIAS - CARRIED ASSESESMENTS HOPING FIND AFFECTIONLESS PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

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EVALUATION: COUNTER EVIDENCE HUMAN

LEWIS REPLICATED 44 THIEVES - 500 PEOPLE

EARLY PROLONGED SEPERATION DIDNT PREDICT CRIMINALITY OR RELATIONSHIPS TROUBLES

LIMITATION - SUGGEST OTHER FACTORS

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EVLAUATION: CRITICAL PERIOD SENSITIVE

DAMAGE ISNT INEVITABLE

GOOD OUTCOMES CHILD SOCIAL INTERACTION & GOOD AFTERCARE

KOLVUCHA - TWIN BOYS ISOLATED 18 MONTHS - 7 YEARS - LOOKED AFTER AUNT MADE FULL RECOVERY

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