Attachment

Question 1

Define Attachment

Answer 1

A close two way (reciprocal) emotional bond between two individuals where each see eachother as essential for their own emorional security.

Question 2

What animals were used in Lorenz’s study?

Answer 2

Geese

Question 3

Define Imprinting

Answer 3

An inherited trait that some animals use as a means of survival

Question 4

What was the procedure?

Answer 4

Experiment where he randomly divided a large clutch of geese eggs - half hatched with the mother in their natural environment, half hatched in an incubator, where the first moving thing they saw was Lorenzo

Question 5

What was the first conclusion?

Answer 5

Demonstsates imprinting - a natural instinct exhibited by many animals that are mobile from birth that provides a survival advantage

Question 6

What was the second conclusion?

Answer 6

There is a ‘critical period’ - after 32 hours the goslings were very unlikely to imprint, the most probable time was between 13-16 hours old

Question 7

What animal was used in Harlow‘s study?

Answer 7

Rhesus Monkeys

Question 8

What was procedure 1?

Answer 8

Infant monkeys taken from mothers and raised in lab setting. Some monkeys raised in isolation from peers

Question 9

What was the Findings 1?

Answer 9

Isolated Monkeys - disturbed behaviour, circling, blank storing, self-mutilation, stayed separate when reintroduced, some even starved to death
Non-Isolated Monkeys - social deficits + clung to cloth diaper

Question 10

What was Procedure 2?

Answer 10

16 babies with wire or cloth mother. Cond 1 - wire provided milk, Cond 2 - cloth provided milk