If you have access to the Zimbardo video series "Discovering Psychology" there is a
very good 10 minute clip on this issue that students love; it is in the video titled
"The Responsive Brain." This segment (in the middle, I think) covers orphanages and
psychosocial dwarfism, explains the basic biological foundation for this phenomena,
and discusses the implications for premature babies in incubators who get little
contact comfort.
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Laura Duvall
Heartland Community College
Bloomington, Illinois
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Instead of having "answers" on a math
test they should just call them "impressions,"
and if you get a different "impression"
so what, can't we all be brothers?
-- Jack Handy
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A number of years ago I remember using a study on deprivation
dwarfism to illustrate the interaction of developmental domains. (I
use Berger's Child book, and I think it might have been cited in
the instructor's materials.) Anyway, I just cannot find this reference,
and I wanted to use it again in my Child Psy. class. (It had to do
with a headmistress at an orphanage being very mean. Even with
supplemental nutrition, the children -- except for her pets -- still
failed to thrive.)
If any one can send me a cite (or a site) where I can re-read it, I
would be very grateful!
Thanks!
Kathleen Kleissler
Psychology Department
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA
