1.2.4 Bowlby Methodology And Procedure (PD)

Question 1

What were the types of long lasting negative effects?

Answer 1

Social effects
Emotional effects
Educational effects

Question 2

What were some of the negative social effects thought to be the result of mother child separation?

Answer 2

Aggressive behaviour
Bullying
Withdrawal
Lack of social skills

Question 3

What were some of the negative emotional effects thought to be the result of mother child separation?

Answer 3

Trust issues
Depression
Anxiety disorders
Difficulty forming relationships

Question 4

What were some of the negative educational effects thought to be the result of mother child separation?

Answer 4

Problems in education - education failure

Question 5

Who was Bowlby?

Answer 5

A psychoanalyst working in a child guidance centre in London

Question 6

Who did bowlby treat?

Answer 6

Many emotionally disturbed children

Question 7

What was Bowlbys hypothesis?

Answer 7

“Habitual delinquency can be explained in terms of prolonged early separations between a child and mother”

Question 8

What was Bowlbys study?

Answer 8

A series of case studies conducted by bowlby

Question 9

Was this an experiment?

Answer 9

No but there was a control group

Question 10

What did the sample consist of?

Answer 10

31 boys and 13 girls aged between 5 and 17

Half were under 11

Question 11

What did the children attend and what were they described as?

Answer 11

Attended a child guidance clinic

Described as thieves because thieving was one of their symptoms

Question 12

How were the thieves graded?

Answer 12

On the seriousness of their stealing

Question 13

What were grade IV thieves?

Answer 13

Children who had been stealing a long time

Question 14

What were Grade I thieves?

Answer 14

Children who had only committed one theft

Question 15

Why a was the control group made up of?

Answer 15

• 44 children who also attended the clinic
• similar age, sex and IQ to the thieves.
• emotionally disturbed
• did not steal

Question 16

What is the purpose of a control group?

Answer 16

Baseline for comparison

Question 17

What happened to the mothers of the thieves and control participants and why?

Answer 17

They were interviewed to assess the case histories of the children

Question 18

How was the sample obtained?

Answer 18

Opportunity sampling

Question 19

In the initial examination what were the children given when they arrived?

Answer 19

Mental tests by psychologists to assess their intelligence

Question 20

What did the social worker do in the initial examination?

Answer 20

Interviewed the mother to record the details of the child’s early psychiatric history

Question 21

What did the psychiatrist (Bowlby) do in the initial examination once he had obtained information from the psychologist and social worker?

Answer 21

He interviewed the child and the mother

Question 22

What did the team do in the initial examination after the psychiatrist (Bowlby) interviewed the child and mother?

Answer 22

They met to consider school reports and discuss conclusions

Question 23

What happened to the children after the examination?

Answer 23

They met with the psychiatrist weekly over 6 months or more

Question 24

What happened to the mother after the initial examination?

Answer 24

She met with the social worker to discuss problems

Question 25

What did the meetings of the children and psychiatrist, and Mother and social worker, after the initial examination allow?

Answer 25

A detailed case history to be recorded enabling Bowlby to diagnose the children’s emotional problems

Question 26

What did research in the 30s and 40s suggest?

Answer 26

Separation between mother and child could have long lasting negative effects on the child