Bowlby's Theory of Maternal Deprivation Flashcards

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what is deprivation?

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the loss of emotional care that is normally provided by a primary caregiver

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what is separation?

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the child is temporarily not in the primary caregiver’s presence

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what is the critical period for humans?

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between birth to 2 and a half years

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what are the effects of maternal deprivation on intellectual development?

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abnormally low IQ

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what are the effects of maternal deprivation on emotional development?

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  • affectionless psychopathy: an inability to experience guilt for their actions or empathy for others
  • associated with criminality
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what is privation?

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the failure to form an attachment in the first place

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what was the procedure for Bowlby’s 44 thieves study?

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  • 44 teenage delinquents (accused of stealing)
  • the thieves were interviewed for signs of affectionless psychopathy
  • families were also interviewed to establish if there was prolonged early separation from their mothers
  • control group: 44 non-criminal teenagers with emotional problems
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what were the results for Bowlby’s 44 thieves study?

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  • 14/44 thieves were affectionless psychopaths
  • 12/14 had experienced prolonged separation from their mothers in the first two years of their life
  • out of 30 who weren’t affectionless psychopaths, only 5 suffered separation from their mothers
  • only 2 out of the 44 controls had suffered deprivation
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what was the conclusion for Bowlby’s 44 thieves study?

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early deprivation leads to affectionless psychopathy

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