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Hodges
and Tizard (Attachments)
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Outline
two
sources of evidence used in the Hodges & Tizard study on
attachment. |
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1996
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2 |
Hodges
& Tizard describe a number of differences between the
“ex-institutional” children and the control groups.
Outline two of these differences. |
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1997
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3 |
The
study by Hodges & Tizard on institutional children used a range
of methods to collect evidence.
Briefly describe one of these methods and outline the
strengths of using this method.
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1998
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4 |
Hodges and Tizard (attachment)
observed some differences in the ex-institutional children between
those who were restored to their biological parents and those who
were adopted by new parents. |
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Outline one of these differences. |
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(b) |
Suggest an explanation for this
difference. |
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1999
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5 |
From the study by Hodges &
Tizard (attachment) one conclusion was that the problems of
disruption in early life can be overcome.
From the study, outline two
pieces of evidence that challenge this conclusion. |
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2000
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6 |
In the study by Hodges and Tizard
on attachment, the psychologists recorded that at the age of 16
there were some differences between the “experimental” group of
children (who were raised in institutions before they were adopted)
and their comparisons. Give
two possible explanations
for these differences. |
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7 (a) |
Hodges and Tizard’s study on
social relationships is an example of a natural experiment.
What is a ‘natural experiment’? |
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(b) |
What was the independent variable
in this study |
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8 |
Hodges and Tizard studied
adolescent children with an institutional background.
Their study suffered from ‘subject attrition’.
What is subject attrition, and how did it affect the study? |
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Sample
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9 |
From the study on social
relationships of adolescents by Hodges and Tizard, |
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(a) |
Outline one of their
research questions |
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(b) |
Give one conclusion the
researchers made from their data |
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January
2002 |
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10 |
Outline one practical and one
ethical problem with the Hodges and Tizard study on social
relationships. |
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January 2003
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12 (a) |
From their study on social relationships, outline one of the differences that Hodges and Tizard found between the restored and adopted children. |
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| (b) | Give an explanation for this difference. | [2] |
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| 13 | Outline one ethical issue raised by the Hodges and Tizard study on social relationships. | [2] |
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14 |
Hodges and Tizard's study on social relationships was a longitudinal study. Outline one advantage and one disadvantage of a longitudinal study. |
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| 16 | Outline one quantitative and one qualitative measure used in the study by Hodges and Tizard on ex-institutional children |
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May 2005 |
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| 17 | Outline two weaknesses of the longitudinal approach as used in the study on social relationships by Hodges and Tizard. |
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January 2006 |
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| 18 | From the study by Hodges and Tizard outline two differences in the quality of the relationships experienced by restored and adopted children. |
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May 2006 |
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| 19 |
In the study by Hodges and Tizard a variety of self-reports were
taken from the ex-institutional children and the comparison groups. Outline one limitation of any of the self reports in this study. |
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