Deprivation and Privation

Question 1

what are the short term effects of deprivation according to Bowlby

Answer 1

Protest - the child will refuse comfort from other adults and cry as a way to get attention for their caregiver.
Despair - the child cries intermittently, the child starts to self soothe and no longer anticipates the mothers return
Detachment - the child starts to accept comfort from other adults. when the mother returns at this point, they will reject the mother initially.

Question 2

what is a supporting study of Bowlby’s short term deprivation

Answer 2

Robertson and Robertson - they observed John who was staying in a nursery for 9 days. all stages were seen in his stay.

Question 3

what are causes of Long term deprivation

Answer 3

Divorce and death.

Question 4

what is deprivation

Answer 4

deprivation is the loss of a formed attachment between a child and caregiver.

Question 5

how can negative effects of deprivation be reduced

Answer 5

• short term separation can be eased by a substitute.
• if separation is long, children suffer fewer adverse effects if conflict is kept to a minimum.
• children allowed to mourn the death of a parent suffered less depression

Question 6

what is privation

Answer 6

privation is when an attachment never forms to a caregiver.

Question 7

key points of the Czech twins

Answer 7

• twins lost their mother soon after birth.
• at 18 months they were left with their dad and stepmother.
• their stepmother regularly beat the, and locked them in a dark cupboard.
  at 7 they were found with rickets and were mentally retarded.
• they went to school for children with sever learning difficulties.
• by 11 they had developed normal speech and at 20 the boys were in a relationship ad were working.

Question 8

strengths of the Czech twins

Answer 8

• was a case study so researchers were able to gather in-depth data on the twins. such as IQ testing and observations
• this supports the idea that privation is reversible.

Question 9

weaknesses of the Czech twins

Answer 9

• the boys had each other so they may have been able to form some type of attachment with each other.
• they would have formed an attachment with their aunt until 18 months.

Question 10

Key points of Genie

Answer 10

• at around a year old she went to a paediatrician which suggested she was mentally retarded.
• genies father completely cut Genie off from the outside world, she had nothing but a cotton reel, a potty and a cot.
• the father beat her if she made any sounds.
• when Genie was 13 she was found and she was found to be both physically and mentally retarded.
• despite working with speech therapists she never gained normal language

Question 11

• strengths of Genie

Answer 11

• the case gathered a lot of information fan the effects of privation
• the study was ethical as she had a high level of care and her name was never disclosed

Question 12

what is one other case of Privation and the outcomes

Answer 12

Romanian adoption
- longitudinal study if Romanian orphan getting adopted into British homes.
- despite being developmentally delayed when adopted at 6 months, they soon caught up.

Question 13

Weaknesses of genie

Answer 13

• possible consequence of retardation from birth
• lives with the psychologist which lacks ethics, this could be taking advantage of her situation