Romanian Orphans Studies

Question 1

Institution

Answer 1

A hospital or orphanage where children love for a long time

Question 2

Institutionalisation

Answer 2

The effects of living in institutions

Question 3

Rutters adoptee study aim

Answer 3

To assess whether food quality care could make up for poor early experience in institutions

Question 4

Romanian adoptee study procedure

Answer 4

Assessed physical, cognitive and emotional development of 165 orphans at the ages of 4, 6, 11 and 15

Question 5

Romanian study findings

Answer 5

Severely undernourished, poor intellectual state on arrival.
If adopted at 6 months intellectual development remains normal - 10. If adopted after 2 years, intellectual development at age 11 is 77.
If adopted before 6 months rarely showed disinhibited a. If adopted after 6 motnthe showed disinhibited a

Question 6

Disinhibited attachment

Answer 6

Attention seeking, clinginess and abnormal social behaviour. Children who are equally as friendly and effetcionate towards familiar people and strangers

Question 7

How does rutted explain disinhibited attachment

Answer 7

An adaptation of living with multiple caregivers during the sensitive period. Infants were unable to dorm a meaningful attachment with a primary caregiver

Question 8

Romanian orphans study strength

Answer 8

Real life application - higher staffing levels in orphanages, helps avoid disinhibited attachments helps promote negative outcomes of lacking maternal care. Application
Lack of confounding variables, kids in different studies had different ranges of trauma but these children all experienced only long term effects on institutionalised care who’s parents handed them over lovingly meaning higher internal validity design of study measures what its meant to accurately

Question 9

Weaknesses of Romanian orphan studies

Answer 9

Problems establishing long term effects, lack of data on adult development, this data will take long time to gather
Romanian orphanages were tyocual, can’t be generalised to other institutionalised care, extreme conditions with low levels of intellectual stimulauation. Results can’t be applied

Question 10

Securely attached infants go onto

Answer 10

Form the best quality childhood friendships

Question 11

Insecurely attached infants go onto

Answer 11

Have friendship difficulties

Question 12

What type of attachment style is most likely to be the bully

Answer 12

Insecure resistant