Lorenz - Animal Studies Of Attachment Flashcards
What are the three AO3 PEELS to evaluate Lorenz animal studies of attachment?
- prac apps
- animal bias
- researcher bias
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(prac apps)
Lorenzs research into the effects of imprinting on att can be praised for its prac apps
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this is bc principles of the research that goslings have to imprint within 12-17 hours otherwise they may not imprint at all and goslings who who imprint on to humans later show sexual bhv towards humans when they are adult birds, shows the importance of this critical period in att for future rs
E
psychologists can use this info to promote importance of early interactions bw parents and infants to reduce later issues in life
L
therefore lorenz research i.a.i.p.o.a.p for the und of animal and human att
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(animal bias)
However, Lorenz research can be criticised for animal bias as it was conducted on goslings to investigate att
E
this is potentially a problem coz human att bhv may be more complex than animal att bhv as human emotions are more sophisticated towards infants compared to birds
E
e.g. att in humans is a two way process, the infant becomes att to mothers aswell as mothers being emotionally att to infants
L
therefore limiting the extent to which Lorenz research can be used to exp human att as there are issues with extrapolating findings of Lorenz research into att to humans
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(researcher bias)
Moreover, Lorenz research may be criticised for researcher bias
E
this is bc lorenz recorded his own obsv of the goslings
E
so he may have chosen to only include findings that would support his theory of imprinting and ignore findings that contradict this such as goslings who didnt imprint on him
L
Therefore this lowers int val of research as it may not be truly measuring the effects of imprinting on att
