To see if there was an association between delinquency and maternal deprivation.
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What clinic did the 44 thieves attend?
The Tavistock Clinic, and so did the 44 children in the matched group.
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What was the male to female ratio?
75% male and 25% female - normal clinic intake was 60/40
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Was intelligence high or low?
High, around a third were higher than average.
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What did the Social Worker do?
A 1hr interview with the child and the mother. IQ tests and interviews used to look at patterns in background.
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What did the unstructured interview provide?
Childhood experiences of separation and its affects on relationships.
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A checklist was used to diagnose.....
Affectionless Psychopathy
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What is Affectionless Psychopathy?
Lack of guilt and remorse for consequences.
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How many thieves were identified as having Affectionless Psychopathy?
14/44
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How many out of the 14 identified as having AP had experience maternal deprivation?
13/14
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What was classed as being maternally deprived?
Separation for more than 6 months before the age of 6
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How many in the control group had been seperated for more than 6 months before the age of 6?
2/44
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Were there any Affectionless psychopath characters in the control group?
No
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What did Bowlby conclude?
Maternal Deprivation affected emotional adjustment - can have long term affects on child. Once the bond was broken it could not be reversed.
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What are the strengths of the study?
He used a matched control group so findings could be compared. He used this study to support his Maternal deprivation hypothesis. Case histories of children collected. Triangulation
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What are the weaknesses of the study?
Criticised for not having a normal contol group, both groups were attending the clinic. Study was correlational - no cause and effect. Other variables could have affected attatchments.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What clinic did the 44 thieves attend?
Back
The Tavistock Clinic, and so did the 44 children in the matched group.
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