Romanian Orphan Studies

Question 1

Aim of Rutters era study

Answer 1

To investigate to what extent loving and nurturing care could make up for poor early experiences in institutions

Question 2

Procedure of Rutters study

Answer 2

• natural experiment, they followed a group of 165 orphans adopted in Britain to assess their physical, cognitive and emotional development at ages 4,6,11 and 15 years
  3 age groups being studied: condition1= children adopted before the age of 6 moths, condition 2 = children adopted between 6 months and 2 years, condition 3= children adopted after 2 years

Question 3

Findings of Rutters study

Answer 3

• when they first arrived there were signs of intellectual delay
• children who were adopted after 6 months showed signs disinhibited attachment- attention seeking, clinginess and friendliness to any adult that is available

Question 4

Findings of Rutters study

Answer 4

• when they arrived in the uk half the Romanian adoptees showed signs of intellectual delay
  Adoptees who were adopted after they were six months showed signs of disinhibited attachment, symptoms include: attention seeking, clinginess and friendliness to any adult that is available.