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1
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What is institutionalisation?

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A term for the effects of living in an institutionalised setting

2
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What are the affects of institutionalisation?

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  1. Damage to intellectual development

2. Disinhibited attachment - equal affection to all people

3
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What are the two key studies into institutionalisation?

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  1. Rutter et al. (2011) - Eng. and Rom. adoptee study

2. Zeanah et al. (2005) - Bucharest Early Intervention Project

4
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What was the aim of Rutter et al.’s study?

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To test the extent to which good care could make up for poor early experiences in institutions

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What was the procedure for Rutter et al.’s study?

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165 Romanian adoptees - functioning assessed at 4, 6, 11 and 15 - compared to a control group of British adoptees

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What were the findings of Rutter et al.’s study?

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IQ score related to age of adoption - earlier = higher
Frequency of disinhibited attachment related to age of adoption - after 6 months = higher
Differences continued in later assessments

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What was the aim of Zeanah et al.’s study?

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To assess attachment type in institutionalised children using the SS

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What was the procedure for Zeanah et al.’s study?

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95 children - age 12 - 31 months - been in institutional care most of there lives - assessed using SS - compared to control group of 50 children who’d never experienced institutional care

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What were the findings for Zeanah et al.’s study?

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19% were securely attached
65% were disorganised attached - no coherent strategy for dealing with stress of separation - shown by no consistent social behaviour

10
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What are the evaluation points for these studies?

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  1. Real-life applications - Rom. orphans - know more about institutions
  2. Issues with generalisability from Rom. orphans bc institutional care was incomparably bad
  3. Rutter’s study - children not randomly assigned conditions
  4. L-term effects of early adoption not yet clear