Effects of institutionalisation

• What do children who spent their early lives in an institution show signs of?

  Disinhibited attachment
• Why is showing disinhibited attachment unusual behaviour?

  Most children at 2 show stranger anxiety
• Do children with disinhibited attachment show stranger anxiety?

  No
• What did Rutter explain disinhibited attachment as an adaption to?

  Living with multiple caregivers during the sensitive period
• What did most children show signs of in Rutter's study?

  Intellectual disability
• Damage to intellectual development can be recovered, provided what?

  Adoption takes place before 6 months