The term "deprivation" is of English origin and translates as deprivation or restriction of the person's ability to meet his or her vital needs. Accordingly, psychosensory deprivation is that a person is denied the right to satisfy his mental and sensory needs. This is of great importance in the development of young children.
What is mental deprivation?
It is easy to consider on the example of orphans, pupils of orphanages. Their mental needs are not met 100%, because daily communication with the environment is absent. It is from the degree of isolation that the quality and quantity of the developed psychic characteristics of the personality depend.
Causes of deprivation:
- Inadequate supply of incentives - sensitive, social, sensory. Often kids born in the light of the blind, deaf, dumb and with other absent feelings are more susceptible to mental deprivation than their normal peers.
- Deprivation of maternal care or limited communication between mother and child.
- Pedagogical and game deficiency.
- Monotonicity is a uniformity of environmental stimuli and conditions for self-expression and social self-realization.
Consequences of deprivation
Of course, the consequences of such a restriction are disastrous for the human psyche. The so-called sensory hunger causes a sharp lag and a slowdown in all aspects of development. The motor activity is not formed in time, speech is absent, mental development is inhibited. The experiments carried out in this area have proved that a child can even die of sadness caused by the lack of communication and new impressions. Later, such children grow up demoralized adults, real rapists, maniacs and other socially disadvantaged people.