bowlby's view that long
term separation from CG
leads to negative effects
on intellectual, social and emotional
development
evaluation
support tends to
include institutionalised
children, not just
maternally deprived
children
not all research shows
negative effect of
deprivation, including
research by Bowlby
correlational research
cannot infer cause and
effect
retrospective data
unreliable
Bowlby did not consider
the possibility that this could
have been privation rather
than deprivation
44Thieves study - Bowlby
interviewed 44 thieves and
44 children who were
emotionally maladjusted
(5-18y/o) and their families in
london
unreprasentative
sample
identified some of the
thieves as affectionless
psychopaths - lack of guilt
86% of affectionless
psychopaths had experienced
prolonged separation from their
parents earlier on. less than
4% of control group had similar
experiences
suggests link between
separation and
development of
behavioural problems
to lose something, such as
the care of an attachment
figure, for a long period of
time
other supporting studies
Spitz
orphanages in south
america. little warmth or
attention, lead to analytic
depression
(institutionalisation)
this was due to the lack of
emotional care from their
mothers ( primary CG)
Goldfarb
poor orphanage. 1 group stayed a
few months, the other up to 3 years.
tested at 12 years.
found that the longer they
stayed, the more
aggressive, less socially
mature and less
intelligent they were