Animal Studies Of Attachment

Question 1

Lorenz (1935)

Answer 1

2 groups of gosling eggs - one with Lorenz and one with natural mother. Those with Lorenz IMPRINTED on him and began to follow him around and even when in the presence of their natural mother, they still followed Lorenz. This affected their later mate preferences

Question 2

Harlow (1959)

Answer 2

put 8 monkeys in the presence of 2 wire mothers with 2 different heads: one as a food source and one as a source of comfort. They found that all monkeys spent most time with the comfort mother than the feeding bottle and even when they fed from the other, it was quick before they returned to the comfort showing that infants form attachments based more on comfort