Two maternal half-sisters, Clara and Beatrice, spent their early infancy in a severely underfunded, overcrowded institutional care facility overseas before being adopted by a British couple. Clara was adopted at the age of 3 months, while Beatrice was adopted at the age of 30 months (2.5 years). Longitudinal assessments have tracked their intellectual, social, and emotional development into their teenage years.
Using your knowledge of research into the effects of institutionalisation (such as the Romanian orphan studies), explain how Beatrice's development is likely to have differed from Clara's as they grew up.
34 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Maternal deprivation and institutionalisation. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.