Bowlby’s theory

• Bowlby’s maternal deprivation

  Physical separation only leads to deprivation when the child loses emotional care

  Deprivation causes low IQ (Goldfarb) and affectionless psychopathy

  44 thieves study examined link with AP and MD

  • 14/44 thieves described as affectionless psychopaths, 12/44 had prolonged separation from their mother
• Maternal deprivation evaluation

  -flawed evidence, Bowlby may have been a biased observer

  -difference between privation and deprivation (Rutter)