key takeaways

• the romanian orphan studies effects of institutionalisation study deprivation and its impact on our later development,
• Using the strange situation procedure, Zeanah et al (2005), compared the attachment styles of institutionalised children to those not. The findings support the conclusions of Rutter's Romanian orphan study
• Rutter- conducted a longitudinal natural study
• Rutter studied 165 Romanian orphans placed into British Families, Rutter assessed the Children's physical, cognitive, social and emotional development at ages 4, 6, 11 and 15
• Rutters study, 2011, can be considered reliable as it has research support from Zeanah to support its conclusions on the effects of not forming any early attachment