attachment- institutionalisation

Question 1

what it institutionalisation

Answer 1

long term effect of growing up in an institution and being unable to create an attachment with a primary caregiver

Question 2

privation

Answer 2

is when a child has never had a primary caregiver

Question 3

deprivation

Answer 3

this is when a child’s primary caregiver is taken away from them

Question 4

disinhibited attachment style

Answer 4

when a child has no concept of stanger danger

Question 5

what was Rutter’s aim in his study in 2011

Answer 5

determine the long term effect of institutionalisation and privation on children

Question 6

who was the sample

Answer 6

165 of which some were Romanian orphans adopted by British parents

Question 7

how many groups were the children divided in

Answer 7

4

Question 8

group one-

Answer 8

58 children adopted after the age of 6 months

Question 9

group two-

Answer 9

59 children adopted between ages of 6 months and 2 years

Question 10

group 3 -

Answer 10

48 children adopted at the at the ages 4 +

Question 11

group 4-

Answer 11

controll group of 52 British adoptees

Question 12

at what ages were each group assessed at

Answer 12

ages 5,6,11 and 15

Question 13

what behaviour could you expect from the Romanian orphans

Answer 13

you could expect them to have disinhibited attachment leading to potential danger and you could also expect them to have low IQ

Question 14

findings- age of 6

Answer 14

those adopted after 6 months showed disinhibited attachment

Question 15

age 11-

Answer 15

54 % of the children adopted after 6 months that showed disinhibited attachment still show it

Question 16

what is the difference in IQ levels

Answer 16

they found significant differences between kids adopted before 6 months (102 IQ level) and those after 6 months (IQ level of 86)

Question 17

what is an implication of rutters study

Answer 17

adoption after 6 months of life means that the children will have long term institution. However, it is argued that recovery is possible leading to a slower development rather than irreversible

Question 18

zeanah at al 2005

Answer 18

assessed attachment of 95 children of 12 -31 months that spent at least 90% of their life in institutional care compared to a controlled group of children

Question 19

what did they use to asses the children

Answer 19

strange situation

Question 20

what were parents asked to look for

Answer 20

they were asked to look at factors like how attached the children were towards strangers, intelligence levels

Question 21

percentages of securely attached for the two groups

Answer 21

control group- 74 %
institutional group- 19%

Question 22

percentages of disinhibited attachment for the two groups

Answer 22

control group - 20%
institutional group- 44 %

Question 23

strength- support studies

Answer 23

existence of support studies such as Bowlby and Harlow.
higher validity as rutters findings that privation can cause long term deficit

Question 24

strength- real life application

Answer 24

changes in institutionalisation , now there is one caregiver per 3 children meaning that they would have a lower chance of developing disinhabitant attachment

Question 25

weakness

Answer 25

low external validity- as no everyone lives institutional care and therefore findings cannot be generalised

Question 26

weakness

a study

Answer 26

Hodges and Tizard 1989 states that it does not matter the age at which someone is adopted as long as they have caring parents
This is a weakness as it explains that results cannot be generalised