Evidence Of Maternal Deprivation From Seperation Studies Flashcards
evidence of maternal deprivation from separation studies supports
Bowlby’s maternal deprivation hypothesis
Robertson and Robertson date
1968
Method: in a naturalistic observation
several children who experienced short term separation from their carers were observed and filmed
Method: an example would be
a boy called John who was aged around 18 months stayed in a residential nursery for nine days while his mother had another baby
Results: for the first day or two
John protested at being separated from his mother
Results: he then started trying to get
the attention of the nurses
Results: when the nurses were to busy to give John attention
he gave up trying
Results: after a few days, John started
to show signs of detachment
Results: John was more
active and content in the nursery then he had been
Results: when Johns mother came
he was reluctant to be affectionate
Conclusion: the short term separation had
very bad effects on John
Conclusion: this could include
permanent damage
Evaluation: Johns reaction might
not have been due to seperation
Evaluation: why could have John acted that way?
the new environment or getting less attention then what he was used to
Evaluation: there would have been little control
over the variables
