Bowlby's Theory of Maternal Deprivation (OCR A-Level Psychology): Flashcards

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Bowlby's Theory of Maternal Deprivation
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What does Bowlby's monotropic theory explain?

Why we form attachments to caregivers

What does maternal deprivation theory explain?

What happens when children are deprived of attachment figure

Definition: Privation

Never forming an attachment

Definition: Maternal deprivation

Having disruption to attachment

Definition: Institutionalisation

Effects of growing up in orphanage/children's home

Bowlby's critical period duration

30 months

Term: inability to feel guilt/emotion from deprivation

Affectionless psychopathy

44 thieves: how many showed affectionless psychopathy

14 out of 44

44 thieves: of 14 psychopaths, how many had separation

12

Intellectual effect of maternal deprivation

Mental retardation and low IQ

Levy et al: animal & separation duration studied

Baby rat, separated for a day

Who did Goldfarb interview for Bowlby's evidence

War orphans

Who gave feminist critique of Bowlby's theory

Burman

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