Amimals Reaeach In Attachment Flashcards
What is the theory of attachment of animals
We can see how animals form attachment in order to understand how humans behave
What is imprinting
The similarity to human sexual formicatoon it involves forming attachment with the first moving objects they saw during critical period of time
What is the procedure of Lorenza
He incubate a few goose eggs and hatched them the control group was left with the mother Lorenz interacted with the chicks as soon as they were hatched and the behaviour was observed
Findings of Lorenz
They followed Lorenz and had imprinted on Lorenz they followed Lorenz in the presence of biological mother he also found that the imprint with the first moving object within
They saw within the critical period of two days he also found that specific chicks sexual imprinted with the first moving object
What is the conclusion of Lorenz
Birds imprint with the first moving object they will see within the first two days to uncrease chance of survival
What was the aim of Harlow monkey
The aim was to see whether contact comfort or food was a biffer factor when forming an attachment
What was the Harlow procedure
He grew monkeys in isolation up until 8 months old he then let them in the presence of the mothers surrogate mothers one was a wire feeding mother the other was a towek contact comfort north’s
What was harlows finding
When the monkeys were scared they sought contact comfort from the towel mother feather than the wire feeding mother contact comfort is greater imfortance Han food also when they were release they showed abnormal interaction with other monkeys as they were unable to form attachment with primary caregiver within critical period
What is the conclusions made of the monkeys
The most important factor is contact comfort as they sought comfort and if attachmet isn’t formed within first 90 days attachment in future will be affected
