animal studies of attachment

Question 1

what are the 2 animal studies of attachment?

Answer 1

Lorenz’ geese
Harlow’s monkeys

Question 2

what was Lorenz’ aim

Answer 2

to investigate imprinting of newly hatched geese

Question 3

what was Lorenz’ method

Answer 3

hatched 2 groups of geese eggs, one with the mother and one with Lorenz.wh

Question 4

what were Lorenz’ findings?

Answer 4

geese attached to the first figure that they saw. even when mixed up the geese returned to the first figure they had seen when they hatched. identified a critical period in which attachment must occur or it will be very difficult, varies by species

Question 5

what was Harlow’s aim?

Answer 5

researched maternal deprivation effects in baby monkeys

Question 6

what was harlows procedure?

Answer 6

16 baby monkeys. group 1 were placed in a cage with a cloth mother and a plain wire mother dispensing food. group two were placed in a cage with a plain wire mother and a cloth mother dispensing food.

Question 7

what were harlows findings?

Answer 7

regardless of who was dispensing food, all monkeys preferred the comfort of the cloth mother. also found that maternal deprivation caused aggression, less sociability, neglect of offspring, etc. in later life.