Deprivation

Question 1

What is 4 deprivation AO1s?

Answer 1

• loss of primary attachment figure
• attachment formed is broken
• can be short term or long term
• if long term the effects can be irreversible

Question 2

What are causes of deprivation?

Answer 2

• daycare
• death
• divorce
• hospitalisation

Question 3

what is short term deprivation?

Answer 3

when a child is seperated from their primary caregiver for a short period of time e.g. daycare

Question 4

what is long term deprivation?

Answer 4

when a child is seperated from their primary caregiver for a long period of time e.g. hospitalisation

Question 5

what are the stages of short term deprivation?

Answer 5

P- Protest- child shows great distress- calling for mother
D- Despair- calmed down but disengaged from others
D- Detachment- child coping with the seperation and start to explore surroundings but won’t make new attachments- reestablish relationship when caregiver returns

Question 6

Long term deprivations 4 AO1s

Answer 6

• bowlby felt that children must have constant presence of caregiver throughout critical period
• breaking of this bond affects personal/intellectual/social/growth/ could result in affectionless psychopath
• effect of deprivation is permanent and irreversible
• results in broken internal working model

Question 7

what are the affects of long term deprivation?

Answer 7

• depression/anxiety
• dwarfism
• poor social skills

Question 8

what can be done to reduce deprivation affects?

Answer 8

• provide continuous substitute figure
• reduce time spent away from attachment figure
• maintaining regular contact with estranged partners will reduce seperation affects
• regular routines at daycare