Animal studies

Question 1

who researched animal studies and attachment

Answer 1

Lorenz (1935)
Harlow (1959)

Question 2

what animal did lorenz research in attachment

Answer 2

Geese

Question 3

what animal did Harlow research in attachment

Answer 3

monkeys

Question 4

what was the aim of lorenz’s research

Answer 4

to investigate how geese form attachments

Question 5

what was the procedure of lorenz’s study into animals attachment

Answer 5

he randomly divided goose eggs into two groups

one group was left with the mother the other group were left in an incubator with lorenz

once hatched the 2 groups were brought back together and lorenz observed who they followed

lorenz also varied the amount of time the animals saw a moving object so he could measure the critical period for imprinting

Question 6

what did lorenz find when researching attachment in animals

Answer 6

the gosling from the incubator followed lorenz in the same way as the other goslings followed their mum around

Question 7

what is the purpose of imprinting in the short term

Answer 7

SURVIVAL

Question 8

what is the purpose of imprinting in the long term

Answer 8

Formation of internal models for later relationships

Question 9

what did lorenz conclude from his research into animals attachment

Answer 9

infants are affected by imprinting, this is where they attach to the first moving thing that they see.

this is 13-16 hours after hatching, after 32 hours (the critical period) it is too late for them to imprint

Question 10

what were the aims of harlows research (1959)

Answer 10

to investigate whether baby monkeys would prefer source of comfort or food

Question 11

what was the procedure in harlows research into animals attachment

Answer 11

16 baby monkeys were raised in isolation for 165 days

2 surrogate mothers were presented

one was made from wire mesh with a feed back bottle and the other was made of soft cloth with no feeder bottle

Question 12

what were the findings in harlows research into attachment in animals

Answer 12

the monkey spent most of their time clinging to the cloth surrogate and onlu using the wire monkey to feed

these monkeys then grew up to be socially and emotionally disturbed

Question 13

what was the conclusion of harlows research into attachment in animals

Answer 13

infanst form more of an attachment with the firgure that provides comfort and protection

growing up in isolation can affect development – more aggressive less social and bred less often, they neglected their young some evn killed their young