Maternal Deprivation✅

Question 1

Maternal deprivation

Answer 1

To be deprived is to lose something . In the context of child development deprivation refers to the loss of emotional care that is normally provided by a primary care giver

Question 2

Bowlby believed that a young child who is denied such care

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May become emotionally disturbed

Question 3

He also believes infants need a warm intimate continuous relationship with their mother to

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Maintain normal mental health, if the child is denied such care because of separations they could be effected

Question 4

How ever it only applies to the critical period in development

Answer 4

Separation will only have an effect if this happens before the age of 2 and a half it there’s no substitute mother available

Question 5

He also believed there was a continuing risk until the age of 5

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Potential damage can be avoided if a suitable emotional care is provided by a sub mother. Bowlby suggested the long term consequences of deprivation was emotional maladjustment even mental health like depression

Question 6

Advantages of maternal deprivation

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Bowlbys 44 juvenile thieves study supports because they suffered early separations therefore they were more likely to commit a crime as bowlby found 86% of affection less thrives suffered frequent separations

Question 7

Disadvantages of maternal deprivation

Answer 7

Critical period has been criticised by Czech twins, found attachments can develop outside the critical period its likely there’s a period in which attachments should be formed but it’s likely to extend beyond the first 3 year
Genie shows it’s difficult to develop attachments over the age of 13