Attachment: Bowlby’s Theory Of Maternal Deprivation 2024 - 2025

Question 1

What are two types of psychological consequences, according to Bowlby?

Answer 1

Intellectual and emotional

Question 2

What is meant by separation?

Answer 2

Child not being in the presence of the primary caregiver

Question 3

A “child not being in the presence of the primary caregiver” is an example of …

Answer 3

Seperation

Question 4

What is meant by deprivation?

Answer 4

Where an element of care from the mother is lost through extended separation

Question 5

If an element of mothers care is lost through extended separation, this is an example of …

Answer 5

Deprivation

Question 6

How long is the critical period?

Answer 6

2.5 years

Question 7

According to Bowlby, what is the first 2.5 years of an infants life called?

Answer 7

The critical period

Question 8

What kind of damage can occur during the critical period if an element of care is lost?

Answer 8

Psychological damage

Question 9

What can cause psychological damage to an infant during the critical period?

Answer 9

Extended separation from the mother where an element of care is lost

Question 10

The psychological damage that can be caused from extended separation can be described as …

Answer 10

Inevitable and irreversible

Question 11

What type of damage - according to Bowly, is inevitable and irreversible as a result of extended seperation?

Answer 11

Psychological

Question 12

What are two types of psychological damage, according to Bowlby?

Answer 12

Intellectual and emotional

Question 13

What are 3 examples of intellectual damage?

Answer 13

Cognitive impairment, intellectual delay, and low IQ

Question 14

What is an example of emotional damage which can occur from extended separation?

Answer 14

Affectionless psychopathy

Question 15

Bowlby used what research method in his 44 juvenile thieves study?

Answer 15

Interviews

Question 16

Bowlby used what type of sample for his 44 juvenile thieves study?

Answer 16

Opportunity

Question 17

Bowlby interviewed 44 juvenile thieves to investigate whether they showed signs of ….

Answer 17

Affectionless psychopathy

Question 18

What type of emotional damage was Bowlby interested in whether the 44 juvenile thieves displayed?

Answer 18

Affectionless psychopathy

Question 19

What characteristics would someone suffering from “affectionless psychopathy” show?

Answer 19

Lack of guilt / no remorse / difficulty developing normal relationships

Question 20

Who did Bowlby interview in his study of 44 juvenile thieves?

Answer 20

The juvenile thieves and their parents

Question 21

Bowlby interviewed the 44 juvenile thieves to assess their level of…

Answer 21

Affectionless psychopathy

Question 22

Bowlby interviewed the parents of the 44 juvenile thieves to see whether …

Answer 22

There had been extended periods of seperation

Question 23

What did Bowlby find during his study of 44 juvenile thieves which supports his theory of maternal deprivation?

Answer 23

Those with affectionless psychopathy had experienced long periods of affectionless psychopathy

Question 24

AO3: What are two issues with the research method Bowlby used in his study of 44 juvenile thieves?

Answer 24

It relies on retrospective data

Parents may have lied in their answers due to social desirability

Question 25

AO3: How does retrospective data affect the validity of Bowlby’s 44 juvenile theives?

Answer 25

It lowers the internal validity

Question 26

AO3: Why may the internal validity of Bowlby’s 44 juvenile thieves study be low?

Answer 26

Due to the data being retrospective and socially desirable

Question 27

Alongside the psychological damage, what will these children fail to develop?

Answer 27

positive internal working model

Question 28

How might these children suffering from maternal deprivation fail to develop a positive IWM?

Answer 28

They will no be able to form relationships during childhood, adolescence and adulthood

Question 29

How may the findings from Bowlby’s maternal deprivation theory be applied to hospitals?

Answer 29

The potential negative consequences of separation from a caregiver in early life has led to changes in society, such as hospitals changing visiting hours and letting parents stay overnight with their infants

Question 30

By identifying the potential negative consequences of separation from a caregiver in early life which has led to changes in society, such as hospitals changing visiting hours and letting parents stay overnight with their infants will reduce …

Answer 30

The intellectual and emotional issues such as affectionless psychopathy

Question 31

Who recreated the 44 juvenile thieves study?

Answer 31

Lewis (1954)

Question 32

How did Lewis (1954) recreate the 44 thieves study?

Answer 32

She looked at 500 young people and in her sample a history of early prolonged separation from the mother did not predict criminality or difficulty forming close relationships.

Question 33

What was Lewis’s (1954) sample?

Answer 33

500 young people

Question 34

How did Lewis’s sample contradict Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation?

Answer 34

In her sample a history of early prolonged separation from the mother did not predict criminality or difficulty forming close relationships