Animal studies

Question 1

Lorenz’s geese

Answer 1

Split batch of geese eggs
1) naturally hatched by mother
2) incubator w/ Lorenz as first moving object seen

1) followed mother
2) followed Lorenz -> later tried to mate with humans

Question 2

Lorenz’s geese conclusion

Answer 2

Learning theory not true as imprinted before being fed

Question 3

Lorenz generalisability

Answer 3

can’t generalise as very different species

Question 4

Guiton (Lorenz AO3)

Answer 4

chicks imprinted yellow gloves + tried to mate w/ them but later learnt prefer to mate with other chickens
NOT PERMANENT

Question 5

Harlow’s Monkeys

Answer 5

reared monkeys seperate to mothers and other monkeys
had 2 model mothers
1) wire + dispensed milk
2) cloth + soft + comforting

chose to spend time with cloth mother
food mother only when hungry
When threatened by a ‘monster’ they would go to cloth mother

only had cloth mother -> abnormal adult = aggressive + anti-social
only had wire mother -> dysfunctional adult

Question 6

Harlow’s impact on learning theory

Answer 6

Learning theory not true as attach to cloth mother not feeding mother

Question 7

Harlow ethics

Answer 7

Seperaction
many monkeys became dysfunctional adults
monkeys were highly distressed and torchered by scary looking robots

Question 8

Harlow’s contribution to reasearch

Answer 8

effect of attachment on life

Question 9

Harlow’s practical application

Answer 9

zoos + social workers