Bowlby's maternal deprivation hypothesis

Question 1

what does bowlby’s maternal deprivation hypothesis explain?

Answer 1

explains what happens if the attachment bonds are broken. bowlby argues that the disruption of the attachment bond even short term results in serious damage to a childs emotional, social and intellectual development

Question 2

what is separation?

Answer 2

Short term disruption to the attachment bond. distress is shown through protest, despair and detachment

Question 3

what is deprivation?

Answer 3

long -term disruption of the attachment bond

Question 4

what is privation?

Answer 4

this is when children have never formed an attachment bond

Question 5

what is institutionalisation?

Answer 5

this looks at the effects upon attachments of care provided by orphanages and residential children’s homes