4 Animal Studies Flashcards
Lorenz 1952
12 goose eggs 6 hatched with mother 6 hatched with Lorenz imprinting on first moving object they saw
Critical period = few hours
Even when mixed geese followed the same object
Sexual imprinting - showing courtship behaviour peacock and tortoise
Harlow 1959
16 rhesus monkeys 2 wire models one covered in cloth one plain
1st condition wire dispensed food
2nd condition cloth dispensed food
Monkeys spent more time on cloth than wire regardless of if it had food or not and went to it when they were scared seeking comfort
Comfort more important than food
Lorenz and ... Guiton Met Real Emus Talking
Guiton eat al 1966 yellow gloves and chicks
Methodologically flawed can’t generalise between animals and humans
Real life prac application - social workers and zoos
Ethical issues
Good theoretical value - mother and infants for comfort than food
