Maternal deprivation and institutional

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what is deprivation?
when an attachment/ bond is formed between an infant and caregiver but is broker later in life.
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what else did bowlby say about the effects of maternal deprivation?
there is a risk of behavioural or emotional problems before the age of 2.5 yrs if there is no attachment formed.
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what was his study?
44 juvenile thieves: 44 criminals (5-16yrsold) that were in the clinic and 44 non criminals were compared, the criminals had affection less psychopathy (86%), where they had no guilt for their actions, the interviews found that they had experienced depriv
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suggesting a link between deprivation and social maladjustment
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name all there evaluations
+improved the institutional care, letting parents see children in hospitals, etc. before- Robertsons found a 2 yr old girl who had emotional deprivation from missing her mother
-rotter found mixing deprivation and privation
-causality issues (deprivatio
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-directly caused affection less psychopathy)
-lewis replicated the study w a bigger sample but found that the criminals didn't have maternal deprivation, Barrett found securely attached ppl less likely too be effected by maternal deprivation
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why were psychologists able to study Romanian orphanages?
due to dictatorship, traditional aspects had come back ie abortion illegal, boosting population, etc and many ppl were abandoning their children 100,000 children were In 600 state orphanages
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what was the study underneath this, who was it and what did they find?
Rutter and Songua Barke, 165 children, 111 before 2, 54 before 4, compared to 52 British adopted children. social, cognitive and physical development was looked at. they were physically smaller, weighed less, mentally challenged, etc they had difficul-
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-ties maintaining relationships- disinhibited attachment relationships so institutionalisation can have long term negative impacts on children
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what was another study, who was it and what dud they find?
Zeenah et al studied 100 children between 12-31 months old using the strange situation method. they also held interviews to discover infants behaviour. 74% of control group were securely attached to caregivers, 19% of exp. group-
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-were securely attached and 65% had a disinhibited attachment, missing on sensitive and emotional care
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name the evaluations
+rwa, social care became much better ie not keeping mother and child longer, singer et al children attached to adoptive mothers but know biological families, etc
+longitudinal, took over many years
-can be multiple factors that affect deprivation as-
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-children were also malnourished, has no mental stimulation, etc
-lack of generalisability, political regime was very harsh so institution maybe doesn't equal to institutions in other areas outside Russia or now
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