Deprivation

Question 1

what is the definition of deprivation

Answer 1

when you’re separated by your primary attachment figure from a young age / long-period of time.

Question 2

Robertson and Bowlby’s 3 stages of deprivation

Answer 2

• protest
• despair
• detachment

Question 3

4 potential effects of deprivation

Answer 3

aggression
delinquency
dependency
social maladjustment

Question 4

Other than psychopathy, identify 3 categories used to classify children in the 44 thieves study (1946)

Answer 4

• depressed
• circular - alternating symptoms of depression and over-activity
• hyperthymic - over-activity

Question 5

in the 44 thieves study what did Bowlby suggest significantly increased the likelihood of being classified as a psychopath

Answer 5

long period of maternal separation before the age of five

Question 6

what did robertson and robertson (1968) conclude about deprivation

Answer 6

Separation could be considered the same as short-term deprivation.

Question 7

identify two of Rutter’s (1973) reassessments of Bowlby’s theory of deprivation

Answer 7

Cause and effect - no definite cause and effect found - yes separation from a young age means a larger likelihood of delinquency

The issue of Poverty - poorer people are more likely to be involved in delinquency - reared into poverty means that more likely to be separated so poverty acts a tertiary variable