attachment B.4

Question 1

what type of attachment malfunction was studied by rutter

Answer 1

Privation

Question 2

List the categories of orphans in rutters study

Answer 2

Romanian adopted before 6 month
Romanian adopted after 6 month
UK adopted before 6 month

Question 3

what ages were the orphans assessed

Answer 3

4,6,11 and 15

Question 4

what were the findings in rutters study

Answer 4

mental retardation
disinhibited attachment
psychical underweight
didn’t develop as quick as UK adoptees

Question 5

state the 4 effects of institutionalization

Answer 5

physical underdevelopment
intellectual malfunctioning
disinhibited attachment
poor parenting

Question 6

explain psychical underdevelopment as an effect of institutionalization

Answer 6

children in institution are psychically small

underdevelopment is due to lack of emotional care rather than food nourishment, leading to deprivation dwarfism

Question 7

explain intellectual development under-functioning as a result of institutionalization

Answer 7

skodak and skeel found children in institution lack on IQ but when given emotional care their scores improved

Question 8

explain disinhibited attachment as an effect of institutionalization

Answer 8

a form of insecure attachment where children cant distinguish between attachment figures outlined in rutters study

Question 9

explain how poor care is an effect of institutionalisation

Answer 9

Harlow concluded that monkeys who were raised by serrogate mothers were bad parents as an effect of the internal working model