The child is equally friendly and affectionate towards strangers and people who they know well. This is a result of having multiple caregivers.
Disinhibited attachment
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Institutionalised children often show signs of mental retardation. This is not as pronounced in children adopted before 6 months of age.
Damage to intellectual development
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A study that followed a group of 165 Romanian orphans. They experienced very poor conditions before being adopted in Britain.
Rutter et al
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A study that used the Strange Situation to assess attachment in 19 children aged 12-31 months.
Zeanah et al
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A study that has shown that results from research into institutionalisation has led to improvements in the way children are cared for in orphanages and foster homes.
Lang
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Institutionalisation
The effects of growing up in an orphanage or foster home. This leads to children suffering from a lack of emotional care which means that they're unable to form attachments in later life.
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Institutionalised children often show signs of mental retardation. This is not as pronounced in children adopted before 6 months of age.
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Damage to intellectual development
Card 3
Front
A study that followed a group of 165 Romanian orphans. They experienced very poor conditions before being adopted in Britain.
Back
Card 4
Front
A study that used the Strange Situation to assess attachment in 19 children aged 12-31 months.
Back
Card 5
Front
A study that has shown that results from research into institutionalisation has led to improvements in the way children are cared for in orphanages and foster homes.
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