Animal Studies

Question 1

Lorenz aim

Answer 1

To observe the phenonimon of imprinting

Question 2

Imprinting

Answer 2

Happens when different animals create an attachment to the first moving object they meet

Question 3

Critical period

Answer 3

Shows imprinting can start occurring 1 hour after hatching although it’s strongest 12-17 hours after

Question 4

Lorenz sexual imprinting

Answer 4

Birds who imprinted on humans would display courtship towards human behaviours. Peacocks showed courtship to turtles

Question 5

Harlow aim

Answer 5

Wanted to investigate origins of love and show mother love wasn’t based upon feelings

Question 6

Harlow procedure

Answer 6

8 monkeys studies for 165 days

4 monkey wire, 2 monkey cloth

Question 7

Harlow findings

Answer 7

Most time spend was with cloth mother, when monkeys were scared they stayed with cloth mother. When monkeys got older they showed more aggressive behaviours such and looking after their own babies

Question 8

Strengths of Lorenz research

Answer 8

Research support gives the study greater application. Regaloin - young animals are born with innate mechanisms to imprint on moving object during critical period.
Application, farmers use for orphaned lambs so can be cared for by adoptive mother
Accurate representation of how attachments work

Question 9

Weakness of Lorenz

Answer 9

Poor generalisability to humans, hard to relate conclusions from birds to humans, excludes emotional attachment, not appropriate to generalise birds from humans

Question 10

Positive Harlow

Answer 10

Good application to real world, helps physiologists understand how important bonding is, can maintain a figures in zoos and orphanages. Practical research

Question 11

Weakness Harlow

Answer 11

Can’t generalise research from monkeys to humans
Unethical, animals don’t have the right to be researched, cloth and wire monkeys lack emotional attachments causing severe long term distress