what is the statement bowlby made in relation attachment in childhood?
mother love in infancy and childhood is as important for mental health as are vitamins and proteins for physical health
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what did bowlby suggest about warm, intimate and continuous relationships?
if a child hasn't got one with his or her mother, then they would have trouble forming relationships with other later on, and it would be at risk of behavioural disorders
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what examples of behavioural disorders did bowlby give?
affectionless psychopathy and also the risk of intellectual problems e.g. low IQ
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what happens if separation occurs before the age of 2 1/2 without a substitute?
the effects on the emotional well being of the child are particularly severe (critical period)
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the age is at risk of deprivation till... ??
age of 5
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what are some of the circumstances which maternal deprivation could occur?
mother being imprisoned, divorce, working full time
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who did bowlby base his theory on?
his own study -44 theives
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what was the sample of the 44 theives study?
88 children aged 5 to 16 who had been referred to a child guidance clinic where he worked
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how many were referred for stealing?
44
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what was the other half?
the control group?
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how many did bowlby diagnose as affectionless psychopathy?
16/44
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how did bowlby build a record of their early experiences?
interviewed the children and their families
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what did bowlby discover in relation to the affectionless psychopaths?
86% had experienced early and prolonged separation from their mother
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only ? of the control group had experienced such seperation
4%
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what did bowlby conclude?
the separation had caused affectionless psychopathy
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how can bowlby be criticised for sample bias?
the sample were children who had all been referred to his clinic for issues with their behaviour so we can't generalise these results to all children as what about children without issues that were separated?
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how can bowlby be criticised for researcher bias?
bowlby carried out his research and came up with the term affectionless psychopaths and decided who fitted into each group so there is an issue with objectivity here
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what are the benefit of using interviews?
bowlby was able to go into depth and find out rich detailed information on what is a sensitive area
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what is a negative of using interviews?
issues with extraneous variables, social desirability, researcher effect
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what did rutter suggest?
that bowlby was actually mixing up the concepts of deprivation and privation. he claims that bowlby never made it clear whether the childs attachment bond had actually ever been there in the first place
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what does this suggest?
the severe long term damage that bowlby associated with deprivation was more likely to be the result of privation
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what did barnett review and conclude?
various studies on separation and concluded that actually securely attached and more mature children may actually cope better and be less affected than insecurely attached chilrenn
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how has bowlby and robertson had practical applications?
changed the way in which children were cared for in hospitals
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what did bowlby suggest about warm, intimate and continuous relationships?
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if a child hasn't got one with his or her mother, then they would have trouble forming relationships with other later on, and it would be at risk of behavioural disorders
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what examples of behavioural disorders did bowlby give?
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what happens if separation occurs before the age of 2 1/2 without a substitute?
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