Attachment: Institutionalisation: Rutter et al (1998)

?

1. What were the 3 groups being studied?

  • 1). Children aged before 1 year 2). Children aged between 18 months and 4 years 3). Children aged over 4
  • 1). children adopted before the age of 6 months 2). Children adopted between 6 months and 2 years 3). Children adopted after 2 years
  • 1). Children aged between 6 months and 1 year 2). Children aged 4 years 3). Children aged over 4
  • 1). Children adopted after 1 year 2). Children adopted after 2 years 3). Children adopted after 3 years
1 of 13

Other questions in this quiz

2. What's an evaluative point of this study?

  • Because the children weren't studied while in the Romanian orphanages, it is not possible to state which aspects of privation were most influential
  • Because the children were studied while in the British orphanages, it is not possible to state which aspects of privation were most influential
  • Because the children were studied while in the Romanian orphanages, it is possible to state which aspects of privation were most influential
  • Because the children weren't studied while in the British orphanages, it is not possible to state which aspects of privation were most influential

3. How many children were used?

  • 111 Romanian orphans and 52 British orphans
  • 100 Romanian orphans and 60 British orphans
  • 111 British orphans and 52 Romanian orphans
  • 60 Romanian orphans and 100 British orphans

4. What procedure was used?

  • This was a labratory experiment which used a matchef pairs design
  • This was a matched pairs design in a longitudinal study
  • This was a longitudinal study, incorporating a quasi experiment.
  • This was a Non-participant observation, in a natural experimental design

5. What was the independant variable?

  • The families who adopted the children
  • The age of the child when given up for adoption
  • The age of the adoption
  • The race of the child (British and Romanian)
View more questions

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Psychology resources:

See all Psychology resources »See all Attachment resources »