Privation And Institutionalisation Flashcards
In the Tizard and Hodges study when were the children studied?
At the ages of 4 and8
In the Tizard and Hodges study what type of study did they use?
Longitudinal study
In the Tizard and Hodges study how many children were studied?
65
In the Tizard and Hodges study at which age did the children go into the institution?
Before 4 months
In the Tizard and Hodges study why did the children suffer from privation?
They didn’t have a chance to form an attachment to their parents an there were too many staff changes to form attachments
In the Tizard and Hodges study what were the 3 groups
Children who stayed in the institution for the 8 years
Children who were fostered by the age of 4
Children who were returned to their mothers
Children who stayed in the institution for the 8 years
Children who were fostered by the age of 4
Children who were returned to their mothers
In the Tizard and Hodges study what were the children rated on and who rated them?
Their teachers rated them on aggression
In the Tizard and Hodges study what were the results?
The adopted children and those taken back by their mothers had more behavioural problems than the control group?
In the Tizard and Hodges study what was the group that formed attachments?
The adopted children, those who stayed were clingy to the staff, but didn’t have any attachments and the children returned to their mothers weren’t very attached as their mothers still had some emotional problems
From the Tizard and Hodges study what can be concluded about institutions?
Can affect how attachments are formed and behaviour, but it doesn’t affect attachment if adopted soon enough
In Dennis’s study who were the participants?
Lebanese orphans
What was the institution like?
Few toys and little social contact, so they couldn’t form attachments
In Dennis’s study what was the average IQ at one?
Half the normal score
In Dennis’s study what was the IQ of those adopted?
They had normal IQ levels when tested later on
In Dennis’s study what was the IQ of those adopted after 2?
Only reached an IQ of 80