Update and revision reminder

Apologies for lack of blogging lately. This will be a long post containing all the resources we've used in the last half term.

I last posted about the strange situation. We moved on from that to look at cross-cultural variations in attachment.The powerpoint containing the procedures, findings and conclusions of Van Ijzendoorn & Kroonenberg (1988) is here. I think it is also worth learning the findings and conclusions of Takahashi (1990) as this is another good illustration of how attachment types vary across cultures.

We then moved on to look at what happens when an attachment is disrupted or doesn't even form in the first place. We looked at a number of studies by James & Joyce Robertson on the effects of separation. The different children in the studies can be used as examples to illlustrate the factors that will affect whether the effects of separation are mild or severe, or short- or long-lasting. I have a useful paper resource with all the details on - see me if you need a copy. We looked at Bowlby's PDD model, which has been used to describe the stages that children go through when separated from their primary caregiver. The powerpoint is here. You need to be able to briefly describe and then evaluate the model.

We then moved on to day care. I was out on jury service for some of this period and provided a booklet for you to work through at your own pace. A copy of the booklet is here.

Finally we studied the effects of privation and institutionalisation. Make sure you can define these terms. Make sure you can briefly describe the main findings of two privation case studies: Genie and the Czech twins. You also need to be aware of the shortcomings of using case study research. We looked at two natural experiments (Hodges & Tizard and Rutter et al), which, while probably less interesting than the case studies, are a lot more useful in terms of drawing conclusions from. Make sure you know the main findings of each study and be able to evaluate these. The ppt on privation is here and the one on institutionalisation is here.

REVISION

Your job over the Easter holidays is to revise the content of the memory, attachment and research methods topics for the unit 1 exam. In lessons after Easter we will concentrate on exam technique, and how to approach the different question types that you can expect. We will also spend some time making sure we are all OK with all of the RM terminology.

Here is a revision checklist for memory, and here is one for attachment.