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In the early 20th century a number of ethologists conducted animal studies of…

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the relationships between newborn animals and their mothers

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Ethologists’ observations of animal studies informed psychologists’ understanding of…

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caregiver-infant attachment in humans

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Which phenomenon did Lorenz (1952) observe?

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Imprinting

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Lorenz (1952) first observed the phenomenon of imprinting when he was at what stage in his life?

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A child

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Lorenz (1952) first observed the phenomenon of imprinting when he was a child and a neighbour gave him…

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a newly hatched duckling that then followed him around

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Lorenz (1952) first observed the phenomenon of imprinting when he was a child and a neighbour gave him a newly hatched duckling that…

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then followed him around

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As an adult Lorenz (1952) set up a classic experiment in which he divided a large clutch of goose eggs in what way?

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Randomly

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As an adult Lorenz (1952) set up a classic experiment in which he randomly divided a large clutch of…

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goose eggs

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What were the conditions in Lorenz (1952)’s study?

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Half the eggs were hatched with the mother goose in their natural environment and the other half hatched in an incubator where the first moving object they saw was Lorenz

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In Lorenz (1952)’s study, what was the first moving object that the eggs hatched in an incubator saw?

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Lorenz

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What did Lorenz (1952) find that the incubator group did in his study?

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Followed Lorenz everywhere

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What did Lorenz (1952) find that the control group did in his study?

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Followed the mother

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What happened when Lorenz (1952) mixed the two groups up in his study?

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The control group followed the mother and the experimental group followed Lorenz

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Which group was the control group in Lorenz’ study?

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The group hatched in the presence of the mother

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Which group was the experimental group in Lorenz’ study?

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The group hatched in the incubator

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What was the phenomenon that Lorenz (1952) researched called?

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Imprinting

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What is imprinting in terms of bird species that are mobile from birth?

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They attach to and follow the first moving object they see

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Lorenz identified a ________ ______ in which imprinting needs to take place

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critical period

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When is the critical period?

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Depending on the species this can be as brief as a few hours after hatching (or birth)

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What did Lorenz find happened if imprinting did not occur within the critical period?

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Chicks did not attach themselves to a mother figure

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Lorenz also investigated the relationship between imprinting and what kind of preferences?

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Adult mate preferences

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Lorenz (1952) observed that birds that imprinted on a human would often later display…

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courtship behaviour towards humans

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In a case study Lorenz (1952) described a peacock that had been…

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reared in the reptile house of a zoo where the first moving objects the peacock saw after hatching were giant tortoises

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In a case study Lorenz (1952) described a peacock that had been reared in the reptile house of a zoo where the first moving objects the peacock saw after hatching were…

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giant tortoises

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In Lorenz (1952)’s peacock case study, as an adult this bird would only direct courtship behaviour towards what?

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Giant tortoises

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Why did the peacock in Lorenz (1952)’s case study only direct courtship towards giant tortoises?

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They were the first moving objects the peacock saw after hatching

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What did Lorenz (1952) conclude about the peacock in his case study?

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It had undergone sexual imprinting

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Who carried out the most important animal research in terms of informing our understanding of attachment?

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Harlow

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Which animal did Harlow work with?

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Rhesus monkeys

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Which are more similar to birds, Lorenz’s birds or Harlow’s rhesus monkeys?

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Harlow’s rhesus monkeys

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Harlow (1958) observed that newborns kept alone in a bare cage often…

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died

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Harlow (1958) observed that newborns kept alone in a bare cage often died but that they usually survived if…

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given something soft like a cloth to cuddle

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Which idea did Harlow (1958) test?

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The idea that a soft object serves some of the functions of a mother

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How did Harlow (1958) test the idea that a soft object serves some of the functions of a mother?

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He reared 16 monkeys with two wire model ‘mothers’. In one condition milk was dispensed by the plain-wire mother whereas in a second condition the milk was dispensed by the cloth-covered mother

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How many monkeys did Harlow (1958) rear?

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16

36
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Harlow (1958) reared 16 monkeys two wire model ‘_______’

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mothers

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What were the two conditions in Harlow (1958) research?

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In one condition milk was dispensed by the plain-wire mother whereas in a second condition the milk was dispensed by the cloth-covered mother

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What were Harlow (1958)’s findings?

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The baby monkeys cuddled the cloth-covered mother in preference to the plain-wire mother and sought comfort from the cloth one when frightened

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Harlow (1958) found that the baby monkeys cuddled which mother in preference to the other?

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The cloth-covered mother in preference to the plain-wire mother

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What frightened the baby monkeys in Harlow (1958)’s study?

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A noisy mechanical teddy bear

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Harlow (1958) found that the baby monkeys sought comfort from the cloth mother when frightened, regardless of…

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which mother dispensed milk

42
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What did Harlow (1958)’s findings show?

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‘Contact comfort’ was of more importance to the monkeys than food when it came to attachment behaviour

43
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Harlow found that what was of more importance to the monkeys than food when it came to attachment behaviour?

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‘Contact comfort’

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Harlow (1958) and colleagues also followed which monkeys into adulthood?

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Monkeys who had been deprived of a ‘real’ mother

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Why did Harlow and his colleagues follow monkeys who had been deprived of a ‘real’ mother into adulthood?

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To see if this early maternal deprivation had a permanent effect

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True/False: When investigating to see if early maternal deprivation had a permanent effect on monkeys, the researchers didn’t find very severe consequences

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False: they found severe consequences

47
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Harlow and his colleagues found that monkeys reared with which mothers were the most dysfunctional in adulthood?

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Plain-wire mothers only

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True/False: Harlow (1958) and colleagues found that even the monkeys reared with a cloth-covered mother did not develop normal social behaviour

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True

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Harlow (1958) and his colleagues found that maternally deprived monkeys had what characteristics?

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Were more aggressive and less sociable than other monkeys and they bred less often than is typical for monkeys being unskilled at mating

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True/False: Harlow (1958) and his colleagues found that maternally deprived monkeys were unskilled at mating

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True

51
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Harlow (1958) and his colleagues found that when maternally deprived monkeys became mothers some of the deprived monkeys did what to their young?

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Neglected them, attacked them and even killed them in some cases

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Similarly to Lorenz, Harlow concluded that…

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there was a critical period for attachment formation - a mother figure had to be introduced to a young monkey within 90 days for an attachment to form

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Harlow (1958) concluded that there was a critical period for attachment formation - a mother figure had to be introduced to a monkey within how many days for an attachment to form?

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90

54
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Harlow concluded that if a mother figure wasn’t introduced to a young monkey within 90 days, attachment was…

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impossible and the damage done by early deprivation became irreversible

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Harlow concluded that if a mother figure wasn’t introduced to a young monkey within 90 days, attachment was impossible and…

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the damage done by early deprivation became irreversible

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True/False: Harlow said that if a monkey didn’t form an attachment within the first 90 days of its life attachment was impossible and the damage done by early deprivation became irreversible

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True

57
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One strength of Lorenz’s research is the existing support for the concept of __________

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imprinting

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Who’s study supports Lorenz’s idea of imprinting (apart from Harlow’s)?

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Regolin and Vallortigara (1995)

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What did Regolin and Vallortigara (1995) do in their study?

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Chicks were exposed to simple shape combinations that moved, such as a triangle with a rectangle in front

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In Regolin and Vallortigara (1995)’s study, chicks were exposed to what that moved?

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shape combinations

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In Regolin and Vallortigara (1995)’s study, chicks were exposed to simple shape combinations that moved, such as…

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a triangle with a rectangle in front

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After being exposed to simple shape combinations that moved, chicks in Regolin and Vallortigara (1995)’s study then had a range of shape combinations moved in front of them and they…

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followed the original most closely

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Regolin and Vallortigara (1995)’s findings supports the view that young animals are…

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born with an innate mechanism to imprint on a moving object present in the critical window of development, as predicted by Lorens

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One limitation of Lorenz’s studies is the ability to generalise findings and conclusions from…

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birds to humans

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True/False: The mammalian attachment system is quite different and more complex than that in birds

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True

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How is the mammalian attachment system quite different and more complex than that in birds?

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In mammals attachment is a two-way process, so it is not just the young who become attached to their mothers but also the mammalian mothers show an emotional attachment to their young

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In mammals attachment is a ___-___ process, so it is not just the young who become attached to their mothers but also the mammalian mothers show an emotional attachment to their young

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two-way

68
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In mammals attachment is a two-way process, so it is not just the young who become attached to their mothers but also…

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the mammalian mothers show an emotional attachment to their young

69
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Although human attachment is very different from that in birds there have been attempts to use the idea that some kind of ‘__________’ explains human behaviour

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imprinting

70
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What does Seebach (2005) mean by his suggestion that computer users exhibit ‘baby duck syndrome’?

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The attachment formed to their first computer operating system, leading them to reject others

71
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One strength of Harlow’s research is its important…

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real-world applications

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True/False: Harlow’s research has helped social workers and clinical psychologists understand that a lack of bonding experience may be a risk factor in child development

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True

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Harlow’s research has helped social workers and clinical psychologists understand that…

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a lack of bonding experience may be a risk factor in child development

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What has been the impact of Harlow’s research helping social workers and clinical psychologists understand that a lack of bonding experience may be a risk factor in child development?

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It has allowed them to intervene to prevent poor outcomes

75
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We also now understand the importance of attachment figures for baby monkeys in which environments?

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zoos and breeding programmes in the wild

76
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Harlow’s research is not jus theoretical but also…

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practical

77
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One limitation of Harlow’s research is the ability to generalise findings and conclusions from…

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monkeys to humans

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True/False: Rhesus monkeys are much more similar to humans than Lorenz’s birds

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True

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True/False: Not all mammals share common attachment behaviours

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False, they do

80
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The fact that the human brain and human behaviour is more complex than that of monkeys means what about Harlow’s research?

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It may not be appropriate to generalise Harlow’s findings to humans

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Harlow’s research caused severe long-term stress to the monkeys. What type of issue is this?

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Ethical

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