Deprivation Flashcards
Define Deprivation
The loss of an attachment
Give 4 causes of deprivation
- Daycare
- Divorce
- Death
- Hospitalisation
What are the effects of short term deprivation?
- Protest - child shows great distress
- Despair - Apathetic and show self-comforting behaviours
- Detachment - Emotionally unresponsive and reject caregiver
What are the effects of long term deprivation?
- Inability to form attachments
- Affectionless psychopathy
- Delinquency (behavioural problems in adolescence)
- Problems with intellectual and emotional development
Define Affectionless Psychopathy
Inability to feel remorse
Give 4 methods on how to reduce the effects of deprivation
- Continuous substitute figure
- Daycare to provide single carer for child
- Reduce time spent away from attachment figure
- Maintain contact with estranged partner (if due to divorce)
How did Bowlby conduct his 44 thieves study?
Used interviews
Give 2 results of Bowlby’s 44 thieves
- 17/44 had experienced long term separation for more than 6 months
- 14/44 classed as affectionless
Give one strength and one weakness of Bowlbby’s 44 thieves
- Interviews - ricch in depth and detail
- Weakness - subjective (doesn’t consider extraneous variables)
How does Bowlby’s 44 thieves support deprivation theory?
Because the adolescents showed delinquency
Give 2 supporting studies for deprivation theory
Robertson and Robertson - Children given good quality care can recover from deprivation
Bowlby’s 44 Thieves
Give 2 conflicting studies for deprivation theory
Fox - Children raised differently in other cultures don’t suffer these effects - can’t be applied globally
Rutter - States deprivation is the cause of separation, not the other way round
How can this theory be used in the real world?
Can be used to help parents with their parenting styles and daycares with their procedures
