psychology

Essay Plan
Deprivation is the loss of something. The term is most often used in the fields of maternal; deprivation, where the child is deprived of the love of the primary attachment figure.
Deprivation implies that the separation has entailed some bond distribution-separation plus disruption or loss of attachments.

Short term effects

Name/date Findings Evaluation
Robertson and Bowlby (1952)Maccoby 1980Stacey et al.1970Kotelchuck 1976Barlington and Anna Freud 1942-44Barrett 1997Spitz 1945Spitz and wolf 1940 Found that there were three progressive reactions to separation: protest, despair and detachment. Children in study aged between 1-4, were placed by their parents in residential nurseries (mother or they were entering hospital)Separations are likely to be more distressing between seven and eight months and three years, reaching between 12 and 18 months.Studied 4-year-old children in Wales who went into hospital to have their tonsils removed. They staye...