Bowlby's Maternal Deprivation

Question 1

What is maternal Deprivation?

Answer 1

-emotional and intellectual consequence
-extended seperation
-between child and mother
-child loses aspect of care
-within the critical period (2.5 years)

Question 2

How does it occur?

Answer 2

-continued nurture from the mother within the critical period is most important for psychological development.
-extended sep from the mother within the critical period can cause the child to lose a aspect of care this can lead to psychological damage
-inevitable and irreversible

Question 3

What are 2 types of psychological damage it can lead to?

Answer 3

-Intellectual
-emotional

Question 4

Explain intellectual damage.

Answer 4

-cognitive impairment which can lead to intellectual delay
-due to abnormally low IQ
-GOLDFARB found that those from institutions had low IQ than those in foster

Question 5

Explain emotional damage.

Answer 5

-affectionless psychopathy
-inabbility to experience guilt
-/strong emotions for others
-prevents from forming normal relationships
-associated with criminality
-lack of remorse

Question 6

What will both emotional and intellectual damage cause?

Answer 6

A negative internal working model which impacts peers,adult romantic and own children.

Question 7

What are the 3 evaluations?

Answer 7

-Bowlby thieves study
-Retrospective data
-practical application

Question 8

Explain Bowlby’s thieves study.

Answer 8

-44 juvenile theives (opportunity sample)
-interviewed to see if they had affection less psychopathy
-interviewed parents to see if they had extended separation within the critical period
-found that those with AP
-experienced long separation in which a element of care was lost
-prolonged sep lead to negative consequence

Question 9

Explain the evaluation of retrospective data.

Answer 9

-relies on the memory of juvenile parents
-recall periods of sep
-mothers could have lied to present parenting in best possible light
-/forgotten
-reduces IV

Question 10

Explain the valuation of practical application.

Answer 10

-the principle of theory
-potential negative consequence of sep from caregiver in early life
-lead to changes in society
-e.g hospital visiting hours
-parents are able to stay with child overnight
-reduce intellectual and emotional damages
-such as AP
-important for applied