Transcript Review of institutionalisation

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Define institutionalisation.
State the difference between privation and
institutionalisation.
Identify the sample in Rutter’s study.
State the IV in Rutter’s study.
State the DV in Rutter’s study.
Outline the findings of Rutter’s study.
Give one strength of Rutter’s research.
Give one weakness of Rutter’s research.
Are the effects of institutionalisation reversible,
according to Rutter?
Identify and explain two factors that affect
recovery from institutionalisation.
The Dying Rooms
 Watch the film and make notes on the questions in
your booklet.
Hodges and Tizard - Task
 Using your textbook fill in the aims, procedures,
findings and conclusions of the study (page 66).
Strengths
 Supports Bowlby’s evolutionary theory – that
failure to form attachments during sensitive period has
a significant impact on emotional development and
future relationships with peers (continuity hypothesis
and IWM)
 Supporting research – Quinton et al found women
who had been reared in institutions were more likely
to experience difficulties in raising their own children
than women who had been raised at home. Supports
idea that effects of institutionalisation continue into
adulthood.
Weaknesses
 Privation is only one factor – cannot be sure that Pts
later problems with peer relations were due to
privation/lack of attachment specifically. Other
factors, such as the quality of care, type of attachment
and later life experiences may influence Pts
relationships in later life
 Contradictory research – Rutter found that 1/3 of
Romanian orphans (those adopted before age of 6
months) showed no long-term effects from
institutionalisation, suggesting effects of privation can
be overcome
Factors that affect recovery
from institutionalisation
 Quality of care in institution
 Age
 Quality of care after institution
 Later life experiences
Task
 Identify the study according to the statements
Possible exam questions:
1. Psychologists have studied children who have lived in
institutions such as orphanages.
Outline and evaluate research into the effects of
institutionalisation.
(12 marks)
2. Failure to form attachments is known as privation.
Outline and evaluate research into privation.
(12 marks)
Possible exam questions:
 Research has suggested that institutionalisation can
have negative effects on children. In the 1990s, many
children were found living in poor quality orphanages
in Romania. Luca had lived in one of these orphanages
from birth. When he was four years old, he was adopted
and he left the orphanage to live in Canada. His
development was then studied for a number of years.
 Outline possible negative effects of institutionalisation
on Luca.
(4 marks)
Homework:
 Make a mind map of everything you have studied so
far in attachment.
 Check your specification and notes so that you include
everything.