what behaviours do babies show when they are separated from the caregiver?
protest, dispair, detachment
what is institutionalisation?
refers to the effects of growing up in an orphanage or childrens home and these children usually suffer with a lack of emotional care
what are the effects of institutionalisation?
disinhibited attachment and interllectual disability
disinhibited attachment is when children are equally friendly to strangers and family. Rutter explained this as an adaptation to living with multiple care-givers during the sensitive period an critical period
interllectual disability is shown in rutters study as most children showed a sign of this when they arrived in Britain. The children that were adopted before they were 6 months old caught up with the control group by they were 4. shows that the interllectual effects can be recovered provided adoption takes place before the age of 6 months
