Evaluation Of Privation An Institutionalisation

Question 0

Is the fact that it’s a natural experiment a strength or weakness?

Answer 0

It’s a weakness, because it’s hard to control extraneous variables like the quality of care and the income levels of the new environment, so it’s hard to see any differences caused by the institution. It could be due to confounding variables

Question 1

What are the practical applications of the studies on privation and institutionalisation?

Answer 1

We know how children suffer in institutions so we can improve institutions or find alternative solutions

Question 2

Is the fact that it’s an independent groups design a strength or weakness?

Answer 2

A weakness, because there would have been participant variables like temperament and intelligence which could affect findings

Question 3

Why is it a weakness that it’s a longitudinal study?

Answer 3

Some children may have dropped out especially if they left the institution

Question 4

In the Koluchova study why is a small sample size a weakness?

Answer 4

Because you can’t generalise the findings to all children who suffer privation

Question 5

In the Koluchova study is the fact that they had each other a strength or weakness?

Answer 5

A weakness, because they had each other and may have for an attachment to each other

Question 6

In the Tizard and Hodges study is the teachers rating the children a strength or a weakness?

Answer 6

A weakness, because they knew the backgrounds of the children and this may have affected their ratings

Question 7

In the Tizard and Hodges study what is a weakness?

Answer 7

The children in different categories didn’t always fit the pattern, suggesting that there are other factors than institutionalisation that causes the differences. If the only variable was the institutionalisation then they would all fit into the patterns of the categories