Maternal deprivation

• Who proposed the theory of Maternal deprivation?

  Bowlby
• What is maternal deprivation theory?

  Continual presence from a caregiver is essential for normal development
• What is separation?

  Not being in the presence of the primary attachment figure
• When does separation become a problem?

  If a child is deprived of emotional care
• What can lead to deprivation?

  Extended separations
• Brief separations are not significant for development
• When did Bowlby see the critical period for development as?

  The first two-and-a-half years
• When did Bowlby believe the risk of psychological damage from deprivation continued up until?

  5
• What did Bowlby believe would happen if extended deprivation occurred during the critical period?

  Psychological damage
• What two effects did Bowlby suggest maternal deprivation has on development?

  Intellectual development

  Emotional development
• What did Bowlby suggest delayed intellectual development was characterised by?

  Abnormally low IQ
• Whose study supports Bowlby in saying maternal deprivation causes delayed intellectual development?

  Goldfarb
• What did Goldfarb find?

  Children in institutions, so lower emotional care, had lower IQ
• What is affectionless psychopathy?

  The inability to experience guilt or strong emotion towards others
• What does affectionless psychopathy prevent a person from doing?

  Developing fulfilling relationships
• What is affectionless psychopathy associated with?

  Criminality
• What was Bowlby's study that showed affectionless psychopathy is caused by maternal deprivation?

  44 thieves