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Deprivation implies that separation has entailed some bond disruption. It is separation plus the disruption or loss of attachments.  

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Psychology - Exam Questions 4a.Deprivation implies that separation has entailed some bond disruption. It is separation plus the disruption or loss of attachments. Privation refers to the situation where no attachments have ever been formed. It may occur as a result of institutionalized care. 4b.Another way to study privation is to consider the effects of institutionalization, in situations where infants have never had the opportunity to form any attachments. The first study that represents institutionalization, that I will be looking at is a study carried out by Skodak and Skeels. In this study, they compared the development of one group orphans raised in a home for children who were mentally retarded (where women gave attention to them) with another group who remained in an institution. After one and a half years, the IQ's of the control group fell from an average of 87 to 61 points, whereas the average IQ's rose from 64 to...

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