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6. How many of the 44 thieves were classified as affectionless psychopaths?

  • 24
  • 42
  • 12
  • 11
  • 22
  • 14
  • 13
  • 5

7. Which of the following was a criticism of Bowlby's maternal deprivation theory/

  • Evidence was flawed due to interview and researcher bias (Bowlby interviewed the families himself and assessed the teenagers)
  • It's too complicated
  • Animal studies such as Levy's support the maternal deprivation theory (separation from mother rat for a day meant permanent impact on social development)
  • It is very similar to his theory of monotropy

8. What did Bowlby say the critical period is?

  • 30 months
  • 6 months
  • 30 weeks
  • 6 weeks
  • 60 months
  • 30 days
  • 6 days
  • 3 months

9. Affectionless psychopathy is........ and can result from.....

  • Affectionless Psychopathy is when one is constantly happy and becomes physically exhausted from continual energy so has a bipolar effect and can be caused by lack of sleep
  • Affectionless psychopathy is the inability to experience strong emotions for others or guilt and can be the result of deprivation
  • Affectionless psychopathy is when one has no feelings whatsoever and can be the result of biological factors

10. What did Goldfarb find?

  • Fostered children tend to have higher IQs than non - fostered children
  • Institutionalised children had lower IQ's than fostered children
  • Both institutionalised and fostered children had equally low IQs compared from children brought up in an ordinary family
  • Fostered children had lower IQ's than Institutionalised children

11. Which of the following is NOT a weakness of Bowlby's maternal deprivation theory?

  • Goldfarb's evidence lacks internal validity due to the confounding variable of trauma from the war
  • Rutter argued Bowlby's 'deprivation' was more likely 'privation'
  • It is supported by Levy's rat study (however the extrapolation of results is questionable)
  • Koluchova's case study (twins locked in cupboard) suggests there's a sensitive period rather than a critical period

12. Bowlby's maternal deprivation theory states a child does not need continuous emotional care from a mother or substitute mother in order to develop emotionally and intellectually normally

  • False
  • True