Evaluation: BMDH

Question 1

Explain the evaluation point of physical vs emotional seperation.

Answer 1

• When discussing deprivation, people assume that it is physical separation that is the cause but it may also be emotional.
  e.g) a mother may be physically present but unable to provide suitable emotional care, thus depriving her children.

Question 2

What study is used with the evaluation point of physical vs emotional seperation?

Answer 2

Yarrow et al. Studied mothers who were severly depressed and found that 55% of their children were insecurely attached, compared to 29% with the non-depressed group.

Question 3

Explain the evaluation point of support for long term effects.

Answer 3

• Experiencing maternal deprivation does not always result in negative outcomes but it does appear to create an increase likelihood that this will happen.

Question 4

What study is accociated with support for long-term effects?

Answer 4

Antonia Bifulro studied women who had experienced separation from their mothers either because of maternal death or temporary seperation of more than a year and found that 25% later experienced depression or anxiety, compared to 15% who had no experience of separation.The mental health problems were much greater in those women whose loss occurred before the age of 6.

Question 5

How does Bifulro support Bowlbys maternal deprivation hypothesis?

Answer 5

Supports the idea of a critical period, suggesting that early childhood seperation can lead to later vulnerability for depression and anxiety disorders.

Question 6

Explain the evaluation point of real-world application.

Answer 6

• Bowlbys study had an enormous, positive impact on post-war thinking about how children were looked after in hospitals.
• Before his research, children were separated from parents when they visited hospitals and visiting was discouraged or forbidden.
• Lead to major social changes in the ways which children are cared for in hospitals.

Question 7

Whose study is accociated with real world application?

Answer 7

James Robertson - filmed a two year old girl named Laura during the 8 day period she was in hospital. She was seen to be frequently distressed and begs to go home.