MATERNAL DEPRIVATION

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Created by
Jasmine Singh

Cards (17)

  • WHO CREATED THE THEORY OF MATERNAL DEPRIVATION?
    Bowlby
  • WHAT CAN MATERNAL DEPRIVATION BE CAUSED BY?
    prolonged separation from attachment figure before age of 2.5 (at risk up to age 5)
  • THREE MAIN CONSEQUENCES OF MATERNAL DEPRIVATION?
    • affectionless psychopathy
    • juvenile delinquency
    • impaired intelligence
  • WHAT IS AFFECTIONLESS PSYCHOPATHY?
    inability to feel for people
  • WHAT IS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY?
    aggressive, troublesome, illegal behaviour of young people
  • WHAT IS IMPAIRED INTELLIGENCE?
    having cognitive issues and struggling with academic work
  • HOW DID BOWLBY SUGGEST THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL DEPRIVATION CAN BE REDUCED?
    adequate substitute care
  • EXAMPLES OF ADEQUATE SUBSITUTE CARE IN BOWLBY'S OPINION?
    adoption/ fostering
  • NAME OF BOWLBY'S EXPERIMENT ON MATERNAL DEPRIVATION?
    44 thieves
  • RESEARCH METHOD USED IN BOWLBY'S 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?
    natural experiment
  • RESEARCH TOOLS USED IN BOWLBY'S 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?
    interviews and questionnaires
  • DESIGN OF BOWLBY'S 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?
    independent groups
  • HYPOTHESIS OF BOWLBY'S 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?
    higher amount of delinquency/ affectionless psychopathy in those who had been frequently separated from their mother before the age of 2
  • SAMPLE OF BOWLBY'S 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?
    44 juvenile thieves
  • PROCEDURE OF BOWLBY'S 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?
    1. 44 juvenile thieves interviewed by Bowlby
    2. Interviewed their mothers
    3. Compared to control group of 44 (not involved in stealing) in terms of amount of separation received as a child
    4. Compared separated thieves and non-separated thieves based on affectionless psychopathy
  • FINDINGS OF BOWLBY'S 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?
    • 40% thieves had been separated from mother before age of 2
    • 4% control participants had been separated from mother before age of 2
    • 70% of thieves that were separated frequently had affectionless psychopathy
    • 7% of thieves that had not been frequently separated had affectionless psychopathy
  • CONCLUSION OF BOWLBY'S 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?
    • maternal deprivation experienced when young increases chances of developing affectionless psychopathy and potential for delinquency