Animal Studies

Question 1

Imprinting

Answer 1

Newly hatched goslings attach to the first moving object they see

Question 2

Critical period

Answer 2

Imprinting must occur a few hours after birth

Question 3

Lorenz study procedure

Answer 3

Lab experiment. Geese eggs randomly divided into two conditions.
1. Control group: hatched naturally
2. Incubated and imprinted on Lorenz

Question 4

Lorenz study findings

Answer 4

Incubated group followed Lorenz everywhere even when the groups got mixed up

Question 5

AO3 Lorenz

Answer 5

Lack of generalisability to humans

Question 6

Harlow study procedure

Answer 6

Lab experiment - he reared 16 monkeys half with plain-wired mother with milk dispenser and the other half with cloth-wired mother with milk dispenser

Question 7

Harlow study findings

Answer 7

Monkeys clung to cloth mother regardless as to which dispensed milk
Long term effects:
- More aggressive, unskilled in mating, neglected their offspring

Question 8

AO3 Harlow study

Answer 8

Unethical