In an experimental study of attachment, a psychologist selected 40 young children. Twenty of the children were in nursery care for five days a week and the other 20 children were cared for full-time by their mothers. The psychologist asked the parents of each child to record the number of temper outbursts their child showed over four weekends. These figures were then compared to see whether there was a significant difference in the number of temper outbursts shown by children in the two groups.
The psychologist wanted to find out whether being deprived of a mother's care had negative consequences for a young child. Outline one other study in which the effects of deprivation were investigated.
A) Harlow's surrogate mother experiments
B) Bowlby's study of juvenile thieves
C) The Bucharest Early Intervention Project
D) Erikson's psychosocial development theory
