MOTHER AS PRIMARY CAREGIVER: deprivation damage

Question 1

What does seperation in the first two years create?

Answer 1

Affectionless psychopaths.

Question 2

Who created the theory of deprivation damage?

Answer 2

Bowlby (1944).

Question 3

What, overall, does maternal deprivation cause?

Answer 3

Irreversible damaging consequences for development.

Question 4

What traits are caused by maternal deprivation?

Answer 4

Affectionless psychopathy, delinquency, lack of empathy, lower cognitive ability and problems forming relationships.

Question 5

What are the cons of deprivation damage?

Answer 5

Not all children separated displayed ill effects, and maternal didn’t necessarily mean mother.

Question 6

What are the social negatives to deprivation damage?

Answer 6

Criminals pose a risk to society.

Question 7

What are the economic negatives to deprivation damage?

Answer 7

Keeping people in prison is expensive.

Question 8

What was the study called that created the theory of deprivation damage?

Answer 8

44 juvenile thieves.