Lesson 7.1.3

7.1.3 Deprivation and privation Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 7

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The 20 questions

  1. What is deprivation in the context of attachment research?

    • Forming attachments with many different carers at once
    • The loss of an attachment that a child previously had, for example through separation
    • A lack of food during early childhood only
    • Never having formed any attachment at all

  2. What is privation in the context of attachment research?

    • Forming a strong attachment with a teacher
    • Having several attachments that are equally strong
    • Losing an attachment after a long separation
    • Never having formed an attachment with a caregiver

  3. Which short-term effect of deprivation is commonly reported in children?

    • Increased height within a single week
    • Immediate improvement in language skills
    • Distress and protest during separation from the attachment figure
    • Complete immunity to later emotional problems

  4. What did Rutter (1981) argue about the effects of deprivation?

    • They are always identical in every child
    • They depend on factors such as the duration of separation, age at separation and later experiences
    • They appear only in children older than ten years
    • They can never be reduced by later experiences

  5. What did the Koluchová twins case study show?

    • Recovery from deprivation is only possible in adulthood
    • Twins are immune to the effects of deprivation
    • Severe early deprivation could be reversed when the twins were placed in a stable, loving home
    • Early deprivation always causes permanent damage

  6. The English and Romanian Adoptees (ERA) study examined which group of children?

    • English children fostered in Romanian homes
    • Romanian children adopted from institutions into English families
    • Children attending schools in Romania
    • Romanian adults living in a care home

  7. How can the negative effects of deprivation be reduced?

    • By keeping the child in isolation for longer
    • By providing a stable, responsive relationship and good-quality care after the separation
    • By removing all emotional contact with adults
    • By avoiding any form of contact with other children

  8. A child moved from institutional care to a stable foster home at age two. Which factor most strongly predicts recovery?

    • The colour of the child's bedroom
    • The number of toys the child owned before the move
    • The quality and stability of the care received after the move
    • The child's height at the time of the move

  9. The ERA study found that children adopted before six months generally recovered better than those adopted later. What does this suggest?

    • Adoption before six months always causes permanent damage
    • The age at which privation ends affects the chances of full recovery
    • Age at adoption has no effect on any outcome
    • Only children adopted after age ten recover

  10. A child who is indiscriminately friendly to strangers and seeks attention from anyone shows which pattern?

    • No social behaviour of any kind
    • Disinhibited attachment, linked to privation
    • A fear of all adults in the environment
    • Secure attachment with the main caregiver

  11. Of 60 children who experienced privation, 45 showed good recovery. What percentage recovered?

    • 45 per cent
    • 60 per cent
    • 15 per cent
    • 75 per cent

  12. Why are natural cases of privation studied rather than deliberate deprivation experiments?

    • Natural cases involve fewer participants than experiments
    • Deliberately depriving children would be unethical
    • Natural cases are always cheaper to study
    • Natural cases produce data that are easier to analyse

  13. In Robertson and Bowlby's account of separation, which stage follows protest and despair?

    • Attachment
    • Protest again
    • Monotropy
    • Detachment

  14. What best explains the recovery of the Koluchová twins?

    • Medical treatment that cured all brain changes
    • Their early isolation, which made them more resilient
    • Chance, with no link to the care they received
    • Stable, loving care that allowed a new attachment to form

  15. Which research design best shows whether deprivation effects reduce over time?

    • A laboratory test of memory with adults
    • A single cross-sectional survey at one time point
    • A content analysis of newspaper articles
    • A longitudinal follow-up of the same children after their care improved

  16. A researcher argues that privation always causes permanent damage. Which evaluation is most appropriate?

    • The claim is accurate and needs no evidence
    • The claim has been proven true by every study
    • The claim is too strong, because outcomes depend on timing, duration and the quality of later care
    • The claim is irrelevant to child development

  17. What is a strength of the ERA design for studying privation?

    • It compares children adopted at different ages without deliberately depriving anyone
    • It allows the results to be generalised to all animals
    • It measures the children at only one moment
    • It removes all need for consent from families

  18. In one group, 27 of 30 children adopted before six months showed typical attachment. In another group, 12 of 20 adopted later did. What is the difference in percentage points?

    • 90 percentage points
    • 30 percentage points
    • 15 percentage points
    • 60 percentage points

  19. What is a limitation of the Koluchová case study as evidence about deprivation?

    • It concerns only two twins, so generalisation to all deprived children is limited
    • It used a questionnaire with no reliability
    • It included far too many children to analyse
    • It was conducted entirely online with adults

  20. Why do deprivation and privation research together suggest that early experience matters but is not inevitable?

    • Early experience always determines the outcome completely
    • Later experiences never influence development
    • Early experience affects development, but later experiences can change the outcome
    • Early experience has no effect on later development

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