Bowlby: Maternal deprivation Flashcards

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What is maternal deprivation ?

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Emotional and intellectual consequence of prolonged separation between child and primary care-giver. A loss of care.

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What did Bowlby think about the care from a mother ?

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‘continuous care from a mother is essential for normal psychological development’

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What does the critical period have in relation to maternal deprivation ?

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If separated and without an appropriate substitute caregiver, the infant may be deprived of emotional care.
Bowlby thought that psychological damage was inevitable

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What are the two impacts of deprivation on development ?

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  • intellectual
  • emotional
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What is the intellectual deprivation ?

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  • low IQ
  • mental retardation
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What is the emotional deprivation ?

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  • affectionless psychopathy
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What was the aim of Bowlby’s 44 thieves experiment ?

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  • to examine the link between affectionless psychopathy and maternal deprivation
  • The sample included 44 teenagers accused of stealing
  • Bowlby had a control group of non-criminals but emotionally disturbed young people
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What was the method of Bowlby’s 44 thieves study ?

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  • conducted interviews the the participants and their families
  • All thieves were interviewed for signs of affectionless psychopathy
  • Characterised by lack of affection, lack of guilt about action, lack of empathy for the victim
  • Families interviewed about prolonged separation from the mother
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What were the findings of Bowlby’s 44 thieves study ?

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  • 14/44 thieves could be described as affcetionless psychopaths
  • out of the 14, 12 experienced separation from heir mother in the first 2 years
  • only 5/30 remaining had experienced long periods of seperation
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What is a strength + limitation’s of Bowlby’s 44 thieves experiment ?

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Limitation = Poor quality of evidence
Bowlby conducted the interview himself. This left him open to a bias because he already knew the expected behaviours of these teenagers and the behaviour of psychopathy

Strength = Research support
Harlow - his longitudinal study looks at dysfunctional monkeys and the way that this affects relationships and personality later

Limitation = the critical period
The evidence to suggest in many cases that good quality parenting and care after separation can prevent most of the long-term damage.

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