Animal Studies of Attachment

Question 1

What did lorenz show?

Answer 1

imprinting occurred
in a clutch of goose eggs, where half attached to and followed Lorenz after seeing him as the
first moving person after birth

Question 2

What did Lorenz see in sexual imprinting

Answer 2

reported of a case of a peacock who was born surrounded by turtles, and so only desired to
mate with turtles in later life

Question 3

Who disputed the effect of sexual imprinting

Answer 3

Guiton et al
demonstrated that chickens
who’d imprinted on washing up
gloves eventually learned to
prefer to mate with other
chickens

Question 4

What was the effect of the no-cloth monkeys

Answer 4

researchers found that such
monkeys were less skilled at mating, were aggressive towards their own children and would
be socially reclusive

Question 5

When is the critical period

Answer 5

30 months

Question 6

Give a disadvantage of these studies

Answer 6

• Unethical: long-term
  psychological harm was inflicted upon the monkeys. Cost-benefit analysis should be conducted.
  T: Sad monkeys