Animal studies of attachment

Question 1

Lorenz (1952)

Answer 1

• hatched either with their mother or in an incubator
• follow the first moving object they saw
• imprint after a matter of minutes due to their increased mobility

Question 2

Harlow (1958)

Answer 2

• 8 monkeys were caged from infancy with wire mesh food dispensing and cloth-covered surrogate mothers
• amount time that monkeys spent with each surrogate