Child Psychology Flashcards
(14 cards)
STRENTHS OF BOWLBY
- supported by lorenze geese as it showed they only attached to one bond supports monotropic theory
-bowlby research showed that maternal deprivation can lead to delinquency and affectionless psychopathy
- hazan and shaver supports IWM as they found adult relationships do match childhood when measured via self report
Spitz studied effects of being in institution and found it led to children becoming depressed especially deprived of mother for three months or more
WEAKNESSES OF BOWLBY
Robertson and Robertson - don’t need mother care other substitutes would do as long as you get good care.
- shaffer and Emerson - found that 27% of children have joint attachment therefore monotropy not credible.
- Rutter it’s the situation of the sepearation not the separation itself
- post hoc
Children raised differently in other culture do not suffer the effects from not being with their parents no negative effects of communal living (kibbutz)
What is deprivation
It is the loss of a primary attachment figure
Goldfarb
Earlier fostering led to more emotionally stable, secure and intelligent adolescents
What is privation
Lack of an attachment figure
Where attachment has never been formed
Most research into privation are case studies.
Cross cultural research into attachment - takahashi
Didn’t find any avoidant attachments in Japan but did find higher levels of insecure resistant compared to ainsworth study
Sagi
Studied children who lived in kibbutz and slept away from their parents and found 50% were resistant
Vanijzendoorn and kroogenbern
Did a meta analysis and found secure attachments were the most common form in all of cultures surveyed so must be due to nature?
Where was highest proportion of secure found
Britain
Grossman and grossman
Highest proportion of avoidant children due to encouragement of independence by German parents
49%
Miyake
Found 68% of Japanese children are secure attached this may be explained by a culture of close parent child proximity and desirability of non crying children
What is daycare
Daycare is temporary care provided by someone other than your primary care giver
There are rules and regulations by ofsted about how daycare should run, facilities staff levels and training
Benefits of daycare
-Children socialise more
- understand social rules
-helps cognitive development
Negatives of daycare
-Can make children more aggressive
- can affect attachment styles with children spending more time in daycare developing insecure attachment
- may become more anxious avoidant so not affected by their mother
