Attachment

Question 1

What is the aim of Harlows experiment?

Answer 1

Investigate whether food/comfort was most important in forming attachments

Question 2

What was Harlows method?

Answer 2

Lab experiment (controlled environment )

Question 3

Bullet point Harlows procedure!!

Answer 3

. 16 baby rhesus monkeys separated from mothers and brought up in cages
. Cages contained surrogate mums a wire mum with milk (food ) and a cloth mum (comfort )
. Amount of time spent with each mum recorded
. Monkeys frightened by a loud noise to test who they went to scared
. Long term effects recorded-sociability and relationships with future offspring

Question 4

What were Harlows findings?

Answer 4

. Monkeys spent more time with cloth mother than wire
. Frightened went to cloth mum
. Monkeys later in life had emotional damage- more timid, bullied, difficulty mating and inadequate parenting

Question 5

What did Harlow conclude?

Answer 5

Contact comfort is the most important factor when forming an attachment

Question 6

Harlow Ao3
Practical application

Answer 6

P- strength 😌- practical applications
E- findings show contact comfort-most important in formation of attachment- can be used to emphasise child rearing needs to go beyond physical needs
E-used by professionals (social workers and clinical staff) identify infants at risk of lack of bonding + intervene to prevent long term damage
L- H’s research important part of applied psych- explaining formation of attachments