Disruption of Attachment

Question 1

what is Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Theory?

Answer 1

Bowlby considered there was critical persons from about 2 - 2.5 years when babies should have continuous unbroken relationships with 1 person (monotropy)
Stated Sepration plus deprecation was a bond disruption.

Question 2

what is deprivation?

Answer 2

Occurs when a bond that has formed between caregiver and infant has been broken.

Question 3

What was the aims of Bowlbys (1944) 44 juvenile thieves study?

Answer 3

To see if the deprivation of a child in early life has long term consequences.

Question 4

What was the 44 juvenile thieves method?

Answer 4

Case Study.
Looked into background of 44 adolescents who were caught stealing.
Control group of 44 ‘emotionally disturbed’ adolescents who didn’t steal.

Question 5

What were the results of the 44 juvenile thieves study?

Answer 5

17/44 of thieves experience frequent separation from mother before age of 2. Only 2/44 in control
14/44 thieves diagnosed as Psychopaths, and 12/14 of those had separation from mother.

Question 6

What did Bowlby conclude?

Answer 6

Deprivation of the child from is Primary Care-Giver in early life cause harmful long-term consequences.

Question 7

Positive and Negative evaluations of 44 juvenile thieves study.

Answer 7

• Correlational not causation study.
• May be extanious variables effecting results, e.g. poverty.
• Case study may not be representative of whole population.