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There are many studies done by psychologists showing some of the major impacts of early experiences and how they affect a child's later development. But the real question is does the experience actually affect the child's development?
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Critically Consider the Impact of Early Experience on Later Development There are many studies done by psychologists showing some of the major impacts of early experiences and how they affect a child's later development. But the real question is does the experience actually affect the child's development? One of the psychologists who believed this was true was Bowlby and the study he done on the 44 thieves (children who had problems of stealing). This study compared children who were affectionless psychopaths and children who were not affectionless psychopaths and he found that 86% of those children had suffered, 'early and prolonged separations from their mothers'. Bowlby suggested that this related to later social maladjustment. This study did show that early experience affected the child's later development because the children grew up with major behavioural disorders. This study was also the basis of Bowlby's Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis. The hypothesis derived by Bowlby...
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