Lesson 4.1.3.4

4.1.3.4 Maternal deprivation and institutionalisation Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. In which year did John Bowlby publish his influential report on maternal deprivation for WHO?

    • 1988
    • 1969
    • 1951
    • 1939

  2. What term describes never forming an attachment bond, as opposed to losing an existing one?

    • Deprivation
    • Privation
    • Institutionalisation
    • Disinhibition

  3. Which study by Bowlby linked maternal deprivation to affectionless psychopathy?

    • Minnesota parent study
    • Strange Situation
    • 44 thieves study
    • Bucharest intervention project

  4. What is the main characteristic of affectionless psychopathy in Bowlby's theory?

    • Extreme stranger anxiety
    • Lack of empathy
    • Severe speech delay
    • Selective mutism

  5. Which term describes the developmental effects of living in an orphanage setting?

    • Privation
    • Institutionalisation
    • Disinhibited attachment
    • Maternal deprivation

  6. Which project studied Romanian orphans who were adopted into British families?

    • Harlow's monkey study
    • Minnesota parent study
    • Bucharest intervention project
    • ERA project

  7. In Rutter's ERA study, children adopted before six months showed what outcome?

    • Declining test scores
    • Normal IQ recovery
    • Permanent speech loss
    • Severe cognitive impairment

  8. Which behaviour is a key feature of disinhibited attachment in institutionalised children?

    • Indiscriminate friendliness
    • Selective attachment
    • Severe separation distress
    • Extreme stranger anxiety

  9. Which cognitive outcome is linked to long-term institutional care without adoption?

    • Conduct disorder
    • Obsessive compulsive disorder
    • Depressive disorder
    • Intellectual disability

  10. What finding from Romanian orphan studies suggests institutional effects can be reversed?

    • Cognitive stagnation
    • Universal permanent damage
    • Early adoption recovery
    • Late institutional resilience

  11. Why is Bowlby's 44 thieves study criticised for potential researcher bias?

    • Objective cognitive measures
    • Large representative sample
    • Double-blind testing used
    • Self-conducted assessments

  12. Which methodological issue limits control in Rutter's Romanian orphan study?

    • Participant variables
    • Demand characteristics
    • Investigator effects
    • Social desirability

  13. What term describes never having formed a primary attachment in early life?

    • Disinhibition
    • Privation
    • Deprivation
    • Maternal separation

  14. A child raised in an institution with little individual attention is later adopted at age three and shows indiscriminate friendliness towards strangers. Which concept best describes this?

    • Disinhibited attachment
    • Affectionless psychopathy
    • Insecure-avoidant attachment
    • Secure attachment

  15. Compared to children adopted later, those adopted before six months usually show what?

    • More disinhibited attachment
    • Slower language growth
    • Higher mean IQ
    • Lower mean IQ

  16. What did Hodges and Tizard find about ex-institutional children restored or adopted later?

    • IQ deteriorated further
    • Most formed attachments
    • Physical growth ceased
    • None formed attachments

  17. Which research method best assesses long-term effects of institutionalisation?

    • Cross-sectional survey
    • Longitudinal study
    • Lab experiment
    • Controlled observation

  18. Recovery from early deprivation suggests attachment development has which type of period?

    • Internal working model
    • Sensitive period
    • Critical period
    • Monotropic bond

  19. Which attachment style is characteristically associated with institutionalised children?

    • Secure attachment
    • Insecure-resistant attachment
    • Disinhibited attachment
    • Insecure-avoidant attachment

  20. Which primary ethical issue arises when conducting research on institutionalised children?

    • Informed consent
    • Protection from harm
    • Right to withdraw
    • Deception

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