animal studies of attachment

Question 1

Lorenz procedure (geese)

Answer 1

• took group of geese and divided into two, one group left with natural mother and other group placed in incubator
• lorenz made sure he was the first person incubated geese saw
• marked them and returned to mother

Question 2

Lorenz geese findings

Answer 2

incubated geese continued to follow him and other geese followed mother
- this continues when groups mixed

Question 3

lorenz comclusijngeese

Answer 3

geese are programmed to imprint on first moving object they see
- happens during critical period

Question 4

what did harlow investigate

Answer 4

maternal deprivation

Question 5

limitations to animal studies

Answer 5

• can’t be generalised to humans
• ethical issues > monkeys treated unfairly

Question 6

strengths to animal studies

Answer 6

• monkey and human have similar brain structures
• real world application for harlow > social workers

Question 7

harlow procedure

Answer 7

two conditions - both wired mothers
- milk dispensed by cloth covered mother in one
- in other no cloth only wire

Question 8

harlow findings

Answer 8

monkeys sought comfort from cloth mother
- contact comfort more important than food to monkeys

Question 9

maternally deprived monkeys as adults

Answer 9

• plain wire mothers most dysfunctional
• cloth wore also had abnormal development - violent, bred less, often attacked offspring