Evaluating Romanian Orphan Studies: Effects Of Institutionalisation

Question 1

Individual differences:

Answer 1

some children are not as strongly affected as others. Rutter suggested that some may have experienced special attention in the institution perhaps due to smiling more or due to their innate temperament

Question 2

Real-life application:

Answer 2

these findings can be used to improve the lives of children in care and so now babies are adopted within the first week of birth rather than being cared for by their birth mother to prevent any attachment forming

Question 3

Institutionalism may just be slow development:

Answer 3

shown by Le Mare and Audet’s study, some orphans caught up by the she of 11 suggesting that institutionalism effects may disappear over time and thus irreversible