Effects of Institutionalisation

Question 1

what is institutionalisation

Answer 1

the effects on attachment of care provided by orphanages

Question 2

what was the aim of rutter’s study ?

Answer 2

to asses the long term effects of early institutionalisation

Question 3

what was the procedure of rutter’s study ?

Answer 3

• 165 romanian orphans who were adopted in britain
• assed physical, cognitive and emotional development at ages 4 ,6, 11 and 15
• control group of 52 adopted british children

Question 4

what were the findings of rutter’s study ?

Answer 4

the orphans were undernourished, underweight and showed signs of mental disability

Question 5

what was the IQ of the orphans adopted before 6 months

Answer 5

102

Question 6

what was the IQ of orphans adopted between 6 months - 2 years

Answer 6

86

Question 7

what was the IQ of the orphans adopted after the age of 2

Answer 7

77

Question 8

which orphans displayed disinhibited attachment

Answer 8

romanian orphans adopted after the age of 6 months

Question 9

what is disinhibited attachment ?

Answer 9

attention seeking behaviours like clinginess and inaproriate familiarity towards strangers

Question 10

what did Rutter conlcude about the study

Answer 10

institutionalisation has negative effects on development but can be overcome by early sensitive, nurturing care (apotion)

Question 11

A weakness of institutionalisation

final effects

Answer 11

I: the final effects of institutionalisation may be unclear
E: the last assesment was the 15 years , it is too soon to say if the children duffered permanent long term effects. those who spent loong periods of time in institutions may still catch up as adults
C:effects may be reverisble over a long period of time

Question 12

A weakness of institutionalisation

unrepresentative

Answer 12

I: sample is unrepresentative of all institutional care
E: not all institutional care is as poor as what was experienced in the romanian orphanages. the conditions were so poor ( neglected,dirty,abuse) cannot be applied to other institutions
C: may be unable to generalise the effects of institutionalisation to other institutions

Question 13

A strength of institutionalisation

applications

Answer 13

I: real life applications that have come from the research
E: current research with romanian orphans points towards the importance of early adoption. new findings show that babys are adopted within the first few weeks of birth and are as securely attachted as non-adoptive families