Disruption Of Attachment Can Be Reversed

Question 1

one of Bowlby’s assumptions of his maternal deprivation hypothesis was that

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the consequences were not reversible

Question 2

further research has shown that even when deprivation has harmful effects

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these may be reversed with appropriate, good quality care

Question 3

Skeels and Dye date

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1939

Question 4

Skeels and Dye found that children who had been socially deprived in an orphanage during their first two years of life

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quickly improved IQ scores if they were transferred to a school where they got one-to-one care

Question 5

Koluchova date

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1976

Question 6

Koluchova: this is a case of twin boys whose mother

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died soon after they were born

Question 7

Koluchova: their father remarried and their stepmother

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treated them very cruelly

Question 8

Koluchova: they were often kept

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locked in the cellar, had no toys and were often beaten

Question 9

Koluchova: they were found when they were

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7 with rickets

Question 10

Koluchova: what’s rickets?

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a bone development disease caused by a lack of vitamin D

Question 11

Koluchova: they had very little

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emotional, social and intellectual development

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Koluchova: the boys were later adopted and

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made a lot of progress

Question 13

Koluchova: by the time they were adults, they had

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above average intelligence and normal social relationships