romanian orphan study Flashcards
what is institutionalisation
the effect of living in an institutional setting e.g hospital or orphanage
what was Rulters research
he researched intelligence (IQ)
studied 165 adopted romanians in britain to measure if good care could make up for their poor earl experiences
there was a british control group for comparison
what ages were the infants studied at and what did they check
4, 6, 11, 15 years (longitudinal study)
they check physical, emotional, and mental development
what were the findings
most romanian adopted children showed signs of poor IQ and malnourishment
what were the average IQ scores
adopted before six months- IQ is 102
adopted between 6 months and two years- IQ is 86
adopted after two years- IQ is 77 as they missed the critical period
(the average IQ is 102)
what was the procedure of the Bucharest early intervention
zeanah compared 95 children who had spent their lives living in an orphanage (90% of their lives) with the control group who had not
what were the findings of the Bucharest early intervention
children who grew up in an orphanage are 19% securely attached whereas 75% of british children had secure attachment
what are the effects of institutionalisation
they had disinhibited attachment- showed no differences between strangers and carers due to not forming a single attachment at early staged of infancy
strengths and limitations of this study
longitudinal study- lots of detailed information over a long period of time which reduces individual differences
natural experiment- IV is when theyre adopted so there may have been other variables
adopted group may have been socially skilled making them easier to place in families
