Bowlby's theory of maternal deprevation + E

Question 1

What is to be deprived?

Answer 1

Is to lose something. E.G a loss of emotional care

Question 2

What did Bowlby famously say?

Answer 2

‘Mother-love in infants is as important for mental health as are vitamins and minerals are for physical health.

Question 3

Bowlby suggests that long term consequences of deprivation inhibits i______ and P_______ development

Answer 3

• Intellectual & psychological

Question 4

Separation VS deprivation

Separation is when a child has not been in the presence of the primary caregiver. This only becomes a problem if D_______ of emotional care

Answer 4

deprived

Question 5

Where does Bowlby say the critical period?

Answer 5

• Between birth - 5 yrs

Question 6

What were the effects of deprivation on intellectual development?
+ supporting study

Answer 6

They would experience delayed development

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Goldfard (1947) - found a lower IQ in children who had remained in institutions

Question 7

What were the effects of deprivation on emotional development?
+ supporting study

Answer 7

Affectionless psychopathy

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44 Thieves study - Bowlby’s research (1944)

Question 8

44 Thieves study - Bowlby’s research (1944)

Procedure + Findings

Answer 8

P: 44 criminal teens accused of stealing were all interviewed for signs of affectionless psychopathy.
Their families were also interviewed
Then it was compared to a control group of ‘non-criminal’ but emotionally disturbed teens

F: 14/44 thieves could be described as affectionless psychopathy

12 of these experienced prolonged separations in the first 2 years

Only 2 PPS of the control group had experienced long separations.

Question 9

What Bowlby concluded?

Answer 9

• That prolonged separation caused affectionless psychopathy.

Question 10

What are the flaws of this theory?

Answer 10

• Flawed evidence
• Deprivation vs privation
• Critical vs sensitive periods
• Conflicting evidence

Question 11

What is the PEE for ‘flawed evidence’?

Answer 11

E: 44 thieves Bowlby did both interviews = bias

E: The original evidence is flawed meaning the study would not be taken seriously.

Question 12

What is the PEE for ‘Deprivation vs privation’?

Answer 12

E: Rutter (1981) says that Bowlby’s refer to privation rather than deprivation

E: May have overestimated the seriousness of the effects of deprivation

Question 13

What is the PEE for ‘Critical vs sensitive periods’?

Answer 13

E: Supporting that the damage is not irreversible.
kolochova (1979) found that abused kids who had been abused fr over 7 years, made a full recovery after good care.

E: Lasting harm is not inevitable. And it’s better seen as a sensitive period.

Question 14

What is the PEE for ‘Conflicting evidence’?

Answer 14

E: Most attempts to replicate 44 this study - Lewis (1954) 500 young people & found no association between deprivation.
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Gao (2010) poor maternal care was associated with high rates of psychopathy

E: The theory is not reliable