Institutionalisation

• What is institutionalisation?


  Orphanages and residential care homes
• What does Goldfarb say about institutionalisation?


  Institutions may not have provided stimulation, which could account for stunted development, not maternal deprivation
• What did O‘Connor say about institutionalisation?


  Most enduring negative effects were difficulty making attachments
• What did the Romanian orphan studies do?


  Attempted to overturn the effects of institutionalisation by giving Romanian orphans loving care
• What did the Romanian orphan studies find?


  50% had issues in cognitive functioning

  At age 4, Romanian orphans showed great improvement in physical and cognitive development
• What do the findings of the Romanian orphan studies show?


  Effects of institutionalisation can be overturned