AO3: ROS

Cards (4)

Strength: Real-world application
What? Helps improve conditions for children outside their family home
Who? Prevent worst effects; improvements to conditions + institutional care seen as undesirable
Why? Institution children have a chance to develop normal attachments
Strength: Fewer of confounding variables
What? Lack of confounding variables
Who? Children handed over by loving parents
Why? Results unlikely to be confounded by other negative experiences (high internal validity)
Counterpoint: Fewer confounding variables
What? Different confounding variables
Who? Little intellectual stimulation/comfort
Why? Harmful effects may represent poor institutional care, not institutional care
Limitation: Lack of adult data
What? Lack of data on adult development
Who? Recent data = early to mid 20s - cannot see long-term effects (will take time as is longitudinal study)
Why? Unable to see long-term effects yet