LT2 Bowlbys 44 Theives

Question 1

When and where was Bowlby is 44 juvenile sees study carried out

Answer 1

The study was carried out between 1936 and 1939 using 88 children from the London child guidance clinic where Bowlby works as a psychiatrist

Question 2

What was the sample in Boulby is 44 juvenile theives study

Answer 2

The sample looked at 44 juvenile thieves in comparison to a control group of 44 juveniles who are at the clinic but not as thieves.

Question 3

What was the purpose of having control group and Bowlby’s study

Answer 3

A control group was established in order to see how commonly maternal deprivation occurred in nondelinquent populations. This group consisted of individuals who have been referred to the same clinic for emotional problems, not for committing crimes. Both boys and girls are part of sample, and all children live with their biological parents

Question 4

What did the psychologist do in Boulby study of 44 jt

Answer 4

A psychologist carried out mental test to assess intelligence, as well as undertaking an assessment of the child emotional attitudes.

Question 5

What was built up about the children and who did it in Bowlbys study

Answer 5

The children were interviewed on the case histories built up of all the children. This was done by an independent social worker noting the child psychiatric case history. Both the testing in case history lasted an hour and reports are harder to Bowlby.

Question 6

What did Bowlby himself do in the study

Answer 6

Bowlby interviewed the children and the mother separately to discover whether the child had experienced any periods of prolonged separation.

Question 7

What did Bowlby do with the data gathered in his study

Answer 7

From all the data gathered, but we sorted that these into six different character types for example normal, depressed and affectionless

Question 8

In Bowlby’s findings in a study what did you find out about the character types of thieves

Answer 8

42 out of the 44 thieves had an abnormal character to type with only two out of the 44 showing a normal character type.

Question 9

What were some of the thieves classified as

Answer 9

14 of the 44 thieves were classified as having affectionate psychopathic which means a lack of warmth of feeling for others and shows no shame or responsibility for their actions.

Question 10

What was found about control group in Boulby study

Answer 10

None of the control group are classed as affectionless psychopathy

Question 11

What did Bowlby find out about what some of the thieves have experienced

Answer 11

17 of the 44 thieves had experience maternal deprivation for more than six months

Question 12

What were Bowlby’s conclusions from his study

Answer 12

Maternal deprivation when you’re young effects emotional adjustment: lacking emotion and feelings of guilt or Morse. Such an affectionless character can lead to antisocial behaviour are such a stealing and other types of criminal behaviour

Question 13

What is the strength of the information bowlby gathered from his study

Answer 13

The information Bowlby gathered was in-depth and detailed as vast amounts of the data from Case histories and interviews with the children and their families was gathered. Bowlby also gathered quantitated data through the psychological testing, this combination of quantitated and qualitative data allowed for translation to be achieved increasing the validity of his results about deprivation

Question 14

What was Bowlby able to do with his findings

Answer 14

Bowlby was able to cross check his findings on deprivation by comparing the results of psychological tests with the interview data increasing the reliability of the results. However the study collected a lot of retrospective data, by asking the children to parents about their childhood experiences, this decreases the reliability of the data

Question 15

What is the strength of Bowlby’s procedure

Answer 15

An independent social worker was used to gather the data, maintaining objectivity in the data collection and analysis. This is sure that the results were not biased towards bogeys on Siri. However Bowlby did conduct the interviews with the children and the parents himself. He also interpreted his findings in light of his own theory, meaning results may suffer from research bias

Question 16

What is a strength about Bowlby’s control group

Answer 16

All be matched his experimental group to control group of children who were also at the clinic but were not theives, which provided a useful baseline measure for comparison. However the control group was not a normal control group, as it comprised of other teenagers from the clinic who had their own emotional problems, which makes comparisons difficult.

Question 17

What is the general application of Bowlby study

Answer 17

The research has practical applications as it has helped improve daycare and hospital conditions for many young children and their families. Children are now assigned a key worker in daycare facilities to replace their attachment figure to minimise deprivation. Longer visitation hours and parental accommodation hospitals and now provided to minimise deprivation

Question 18

What was the aim of Bowlby is 44 juvenile thieves study

Answer 18

Bowlby investigated whether maternal deprivation affected the emotional adjustment of the children. He also wanted to investigate why some of his young clients became thieves