MATERNAL DEPRIVATION

• WHO RESEARCHED MATERNAL DEPRIVATION?

  Bowlby
• WHAT DOES MATERNAL DEPRIVATION CAUSE?

  affectionless psychopathy, juvenile delinquency, impaired intelligence
• 44 THIEVES EXPERIMENT?

  • interviewed thieves then mothers
  • compared to control group on amount of separation
  • compared thieves based on affectionless psychopathy
• FINDINGS OF BOWLBY'S EXPERIMENT?

  • 40% thieves separated before age 2, 4% control
  • 70% separated thieves had AP, 7% non-separated thieves
• EVALUATION?

  • Harlow
  • real world application
  • fails to consider
  • Lewis
• HARLOW ARGUMENT?

  • monkeys grew up
  • become hostile
  • after maternal deprivation
• REAL WORLD APPLICATION ARGUMENT?

  • psychological therapy
  • public spending
  • hospital/ orphanage visiting hours
• FAILS TO CONSIDER ARGUMENT?

  • difference in privation and deprivation
  • Rutter (different effects)
  • resilience of Czech twins
  • Rutter + Koluchova
  • limited
  • does not account for resilience
• LEWIS ARGUMENT?

  • no clear connection in separation and pattern of disturbed behaviour
  • even though disturbed had higher levels of separation before 2