Harlow Flashcards
1
Q
Aim
A
To investigate whether food or comfort is more important in formation of attachment
2
Q
Method
A
Lab
3
Q
Procedure 1
A
16 baby rhesus monkeys were separated from their mothers at birth and brought up in cages.
The cage contained a wire mother with milk and a cloth mother without milk
4
Q
Procedure 2
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Amount of time spent with each mother was recorded
Monkeys were frightened to test which mother they would go to
Long term effects were recorded
5
Q
Findings
A
Monkeys spent more time with cloth mother
When frightened they would go to cloth mother
Monkey later had emotional damage
6
Q
Emotional damage
A
More timid
Easily bullied
Difficulty mating
Females being inadequate mothers