Attachment Past Questions – The Effects of Institutionalisation
Q1.   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.
(a)     Outline possible negative effects of institutionalisation on Luca.
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(b)    The scenario above is an example of a case study. Outline one strength and one limitation of this research method.
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Attachment Past Questions – Maternal Deprivation

Q1.   In an experimental study of attachment, a psychologist selected 40 young children. Twenty of the children were in nursery care for five days a week and the other 20 children were cared for full-time by their mothers. The psychologist asked the parents of each child to record the number of temper outbursts their child showed over four weekends. These figures were then compared to see whether there was a significant difference in the number of temper outbursts shown by children in the two groups.
(a)     Name and outline the experimental design in this study.
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(b)     Identify the dependent variable in this study.
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(c)     The psychologist wanted to find out whether being deprived of a mother’s care had negative consequences for a young child.
Outline one other study in which the effects of deprivation were investigated.
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(d)     Explain one limitation of the study that you have outlined in your answer to part (c).
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