Maternal Deprivation
This study found that young people who experienced maternal deprivation were more likely to become "affectionless psychopaths"
Bowlby's 44 Thieves Study
This researcher conducted the English and Romanian Adoptee Study
Rutter et. al.
Lorenz's case study found that a peacock imprinted on a ________ and later tried to mate with it
tortoise
Improved early attachment is linked to better ______ prospects as an adult
employment/job
In Harry Harlow’s research, infant monkeys preferred the ______ mother.
cloth/towelling
true or false: being in foster care is an example of maternal deprivation
False - this is an example of separation
This attachment style includes the following characteristics: attention-seeking behaviour, clinginess and social behaviour directed indiscriminately at adults
disinhibited attachment
This is a a mental representation (template) of a child's relationship with their primary attachment figure which later serves as a model for what relationships are like
internal working model
Attachment research has led to adoption processes being made more _______
efficient
The learning theory states attachment forms through classical and ______ conditioning.
operant
The first 2.5 years of life
This limitation of the ERA study refers to the fact that results were published while children were growing up, meaning that their parents and teachers may have treated them differently (leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy)
social sensitivity
What was one way that Harlow's monkeys were affected in later life?
•The deprived monkeys were more aggressive, less sociable, bred less, unskilled at mating
•If they became mothers, they neglected/sometimes attacked their young
The Bucharest findings encouraged institutions to...
reduce the adult carer:child ratio, provide more training for carers, improve working conditions for carers
Van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg found that most cultures showed the highest rates of ______ attachment.
secure
Bowlby believed if children were deprived of maternal care for too long during the critical period, they would experience delayed ________ development
intellectual
The aim of the ERA study was to investigate to what extent good care could make up for....
poor early experiences in institutions
What was the conclusion of Hazan and Shaver's love quiz study?
Patterns of attachment behavior are reflected in romantic relationships
How does improving the employment prospects of adopted children benefit the economy?
Increase in disposable income, increase in tax paid
An advantage of Van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg's study is that they used ______ researchers
indigenous
What percent of the 44 thieves in Bowlby's study were affectionless psychopaths?
32%
The ERA study found that the mean IQ of those adopted before the age of 6 months was....
102
What percentage of respondents of Hazan and Shaver's love quiz had insecure avoidant attachment styles?
25%
In the following question, two marks would come from referencing to attachment research and two would come from...
"With reference to the example above, explain how research into early institutionalisation has affected the economy. (4 marks)"
Explicit link to economic decisions
According to learning theory, the caregiver starts as a ______ ________ before the infant learns to associate them with food and pleasure
neutral stimulus