institutionalisation L9

• What did Rutter and Sonuga-Barke study in 2010?

  Romanian orphans and institutionalisation
• What is a key finding regarding children who experience institutionalisation?

  Not all children fail to recover
• What does Rutter suggest about children in institutions?

  Some receive special attention and attachment
• How many Romanian orphans were studied by Rutter and Sonuga-Barke?

  165 Romanian orphans
• What was the age of the orphans when they were adopted?

  Before the age of 2
• What was the purpose of testing adoptees at regular intervals?

  To assess physical, cognitive, and social development
• How has research into institutionalisation improved children's lives?

  • Adoption process changed
  • Mothers can give up babies within the first week
  • Enables secure attachment with adoptive families
• What did the findings of the study reveal about Romanian orphans by age four?

  Some caught up with British counterparts
• What are some well-documented effects of institutionalisation?

  Physical underdevelopment and intellectual underfunctioning
• What is a significant physical effect of institutionalisation?

  Physical underdevelopment
• What did Garder (1972) find regarding emotional care?

  Lack of emotional care causes deprivation dwarfism
• What did Le Mare and Audet (2006) study?

  Cognitive development of Romanian orphans
• What did the results of Le Mare and Audet's study show?

  Institutionalisation affects cognitive development
• What is a characteristic of disinhibited attachment?

  Inability to discriminate between attachment figures
• What did Zeanah et al. (2005) compare in their study?

  Institutionalised children and non-institutionalised children
• What was a significant finding from Zeanah et al.'s study?

  Disinhibited attachment was common in institutionalised children
• What did Harlow's study on monkeys reveal about parenting?

  Monkeys raised with a surrogate mother became poor parents