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Bowlby's maternal deprivation thesis claimed that_______________?

Correct answer: B. children deprived of an early secure attachment to their mother are prone to suffer physically intellectually and socially in later life

  • A. mothers who are living in poverty cannot afford to give their children the resources that other children enjoy
  • B. children deprived of an early secure attachment to their mother are prone to suffer physically intellectually and socially in later life
  • C. mothering is a socially constructed activity identified in the narratives of new mothers
  • D. deprivation is something children inherit usually through their mothers' side

Explanation

Bowlby argued that prolonged deprivation of an early maternal attachment could harm a child’s later emotional, intellectual and social development. His thesis concerns insecure or disrupted attachment, not poverty alone or inherited deprivation.

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