maternal deprivation

Question 1

Difference between separation and deprivation

Answer 1

• Separation when the caregiver and the primary attachment figure is absent for a brief period of time and doesn’t have a significant impact on development

-Deprivation is where they lose an element of the primary attachment figures emotional care which then becomes an issue for development

Question 2

Bowlby theory of maternal deprivation

Answer 2

He thinks that continuous care from a mother is essential for psychological dev. if attachment of the mother or mum-sub is broken or disrupted during the critical period of 2.5 years then the child will suffer irreversible long term consequences which can affect their emotional and intellectual development and the risk goes up until the age of 5

Question 3

what is maternal deprivation

Answer 3

long term separation or loss of emotional care from the mother or mother-sub

Question 4

effects of maternal deprivation

Answer 4

-affectionless psychopathy: inability to experience guilt or strong emotion for others linked to criminality
- abnormally low IQ

Question 5

maternal deprivation and internal working model

Answer 5

lack of opportunity to develop an internal working model
poor relationship from poor treatment may lead to them forming poor relationships

Question 6

Bowlby 44s thieves study

Answer 6

used a sample of 44 criminal teenagers who were accused of stealing and tested them for signs of affectionless psychopathy. where there family was also interviewed to see whether there was prolonged separation from their mothers . There was a control group of 44 non criminals

Question 7

Bowbly 44 thieves findings

Answer 7

14/44 thieves had affectionless psychopathy 17/44 has maternal separation 12/14 who had affectionless psychopathy experienced deprivation

The control group 2/44 had maternal separation but 0 had affectionless psychopathy