Harlow Flashcards

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Aim

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To investigate whether food or comfort is more important in formation of attachment

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2
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Method

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Lab

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3
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Procedure 1

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16 baby rhesus monkeys were separated from their mothers at birth and brought up in cages.
The cage contained a wire mother with milk and a cloth mother without milk

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4
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Procedure 2

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Amount of time spent with each mother was recorded
Monkeys were frightened to test which mother they would go to
Long term effects were recorded

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5
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Findings

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Monkeys spent more time with cloth mother
When frightened they would go to cloth mother
Monkey later had emotional damage

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6
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Emotional damage

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More timid
Easily bullied
Difficulty mating
Females being inadequate mothers

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