Animal studies of Attachment : Harlow Flashcards
1
Q
What is Harlow’s studies background/aim?
A
To investigate the origins of love
Tested the idea that attachment bonds were formed for food
2
Q
Describe the procedure
A
Harlow used 16 baby rhesus monkeys reared w/ 2 ‘model’ mothers
3
Q
What were the 2 mothers?
A
1 wire mother (feeding)
1 covered in cloth
4
Q
What were Harlow’s findings?
A
contact comfort was most important regardless of whether model provided food
monkeys sought cloth surrogate when scared / in new surroundings
5
Q
What was the follow up research observing?
A
deprived monkeys as adults
6
Q
What was the follow up researches findings?
A
agressive
less sociable
unskilled mating
- some neglected young one / attacked or killed them :(
