attachment- romanian orphan studies

Question 1

strength- real world application (5)

Answer 1

-helped improve conditions in institutions
-psychologists understand effects of institutions and how to prevent the worse
-avoiding lots of CGs, but having 1/2 key workers to prevent disinhibited attachment
-aim to accommodate children in foster homes/adoption instead
-institutional children have chance to develop normal attachments if they have positive IWM

Question 2

strength- high internal validity (4)

Answer 2

-in previous studies, the children studied had varying degrees of trauma- confounding variables
-hard to separate effects of neglect, physical abuse from those in institutions
-children from romanian orphanages were handed over by loving parents who couldnt keep them- children less likely to be confounded by other negative early experiences
-rutter was confident that type of care the children received directly impacted development

Question 3

limitation- socially sensitive (3)

Answer 3

-findings that late-adopted children have poor development outcomes
-people would have lowered expectations and treated them differently
-leads to self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 4

limitation- socially sensitive COUNTERPOINT (4)

Answer 4

-no evidence of self-fulfilling prophecy
-psychologists learnt alot from romanian orphans study through importance of early care
-benefits orphans+avoids long term institutionalisation in the future
-benefits outweigh costs