Disruption

Question 0

What studies investigated disruption?

Answer 0

Robertson and Robertson (short term) and Bowlby (long term).

Question 1

Define ‘disruption to attachment’.

Answer 1

When an attachment is broken either temporally or permanently e.g. temporally when the attachment figure goes to hospital or permanently due to death or divorce.

Question 2

Describe Robertson and Robertson’s study.

Answer 2

8 children, naturalistic observational case study, films made,Thomas: 28 months at the Robertson household and John: 17 months in institutional nursery. Thomas settled while John went through PDD, both acted different once home, Thomas rowdy maybe due to a new sibling, John ignore mother.

Question 3

Evaluate Robertson and Robertson’s study.

Question 4

Describe Bowlby’s 44 theives.

Answer 4

Two groups, thieves and non thieves. Aged 5 to 16 been referred to guidance clinic. Interviews with them and family. 86% of thieves affectionless psychopaths had long term separation from mother, 17% not psychos did too. 4% non thieves as well. Maternal deprivation leads to affectionless psychos.

Question 5

Evaluate Bowlby’s 44 thieves.

Question 6

PDD Model.

Answer 6

Protest: crying, anger, distress and seeking proximity.
Despair: not sleeping, refusing food and huge sobs of despair.
Detachment: ignoring caregiver, refusing comfort, seeming numb and no longer crying.