Attachment - Animal Studies

Question 1

animal studies

Answer 1

studies carried out on non-human animal species for either ethical or practical reasons
E.G. animals breed faster and you can see changes over generations

Question 2

contact comfort

Answer 2

the physical and emotional comfort that an infant receives from being in physical contact with primary caregiver

Question 2

imprinting

Answer 2

birds imprint on the first moving object they see when they hatch

Question 3

Lorenz (1952) procedure

Answer 3

divided batch of greylag goose eggs into 2
- 1/2 with mum
-1/2 with Lorenz

Question 4

Lorenz (1952) finding

Answer 4

incubator group imprinted on Lorenz
(after mixing groups) control group went mother and other returned to Lorenz -imprinting is an irreversible bond

Question 5

Lorenz (1952) conclusion

Answer 5

4-25 hours to imprint
no mother figure is not done in time
gosling that imprint on humans, mate with humans later
peacock raised in reptile area of zoo attached and only displays courtship to tortoises

Question 6

Regolin and Vallotigara
(1995)

Answer 6

found young birds are born with an innate mechanism to imprint on moving objects

Question 7

peter seebach (2005)

Answer 7

created the theory that computer users continue to use the same brand as their 1st computer

Question 8

sluckin (1966)

Answer 8

replicated lorenz’s study with ducking and kept 1 in isolation for 5 days - it still imprinted
-suggests sensitive period insteadr

Question 9

harlow (1958) procedure

Answer 9

16 baby rhesus monkeys with two wire ‘mothers’
1 cloth covered
1 milk dispenser
loud noise was made to find preference for which mother

Question 10

harlow (1958) findings

Answer 10

cloth mother was preferred
babies stretched to hold cloth and feed at same time
-contact comfort > food

Question 11

harlow (1958) conclusions

Answer 11

monkey’s with wire mother were most dysfunctional and had diarrhoea (stress sign)
monkeys with only cloth did not develop socially normal
deprived monkeys were more aggressive and less sociable - any that became mothers either neglected or attacked their kid - killing in come cases
90 DAYS WAS CRITCIAL PERIOD 4 ATTACHMENT

Question 12

howe (1998)

Answer 12

used this with social workers to understand lack of bonding experience may be a risk factor in child development

Question 13

strengths of animal studies

Answer 13

supports concept of imprinting
(lorenz/regolin and vallortigara)
practical application (howe)

Question 14

limitation of animal studies

Answer 14

difficult to generalise from birds to animals
HOWEVER:
seebach (2005)

anthropomothoric
ethical issues