Children need a warm, intimate, continuous relationship with a mother or a mother substitute to get the attachment
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Critical Period
Frequent or prolonged separations from a mother will have negative effects if they occur before 2.5 years old, as this is the critical period, or 5 years as this is a sensitive period
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Long term consequences
Emotional maladjustment or mental disorders such as depression
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Procedure of the key study
44 Juvenile thieves-88 emotionally maladjusted children. 44 caught stealing, 44 control group. He named them emotionless psychopaths
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Findings of the key study
86% of affectionless thieves had frequent seperations before the age of 2, compared with 17% of other thieves and just 2% of the control group
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EVALUATION: Physical and emotional seperation
Emotional separation is more harmful than physical seperation
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The Value of maternal care
Back
Children need a warm, intimate, continuous relationship with a mother or a mother substitute to get the attachment
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