Bowlbys Theory Of Meternal Deprivation

Question 1

What is maternal deprivation?

Answer 1

Prolonged separation from mother during critical period of 2 1/2 years.

Question 2

What does maternal deprivation lead to

Answer 2

• Negative impact on Emotional , social, physical, intellectual development (mental retardation-abnormally low IQ)
• Continuity hypothesis: prolonged separation = issues in adult hood
• and impact internal working model, unable to be good parent
• effectionless psychopathy: inability to experience emotions or guilt

Question 3

Outline 44 thieves study

Answer 3

Interviews 44 Juvenal thieves and 44 ‘normal’ kids
14 thieves showed affectionless psychopathy and 86% of the 14 experienced maternal deprivation in Critical period (2 1/2 years)
-shows link between affectionless psychopathy and maternal deprivation not cause and effect though

Question 4

Evaluation of 44 theives study

Answer 4

• beta bias- don’t know effects of girls
• results are correlational no cause or effect other factors could have caused later problems eg poverty
• can’t explain two of the ‘normal’ kids who weren’t labelled affectionless psychopaths but experienced maternal dep in critical period.
• too deterministic
• impact on child care practices

Question 5

Outline Robertsons PDD model

Answer 5

Studied 5 kids in care while mum was in hospital

• provided great substitute mothering and arranged visits with mum
• children coped well with separation and happy on mums return

Stages on separation
Protest- outward display of sadness, cry,refuse comfort.
Despair-hopelessness doesn’t think parent will return , withdrawn, self sooth
Detachment-accept comfort from others. Rejects mother at return no emotional bond.

Question 6

What was bowlbys impact

Answer 6

Child care practices
Child to staff ratio
Hospital visits
Important of love and care in child’s development