Harry Harlow Rhesus Monkeys – Flashcards
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To find out whether provision of food or contact comfort is more important in the formation of infant-mother attachment
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Aim
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Year
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1959
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Eight newborn Rhesus monkeys separated from their mothers immediately after after
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Participants
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Four monkeys isolated in cages where a cloth surrigate mother provided food and a wire mother did not.
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Group 1
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Four monkeys isolated in caes where a wire surrogate mother provided food and a cloth surrogate mother who did not.
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Group 2
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The provision of food by either the wire surrogate mother or the cloth surrogate mother.
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Independent Variable
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Amount of contact time spent with the cloth wire surrogate mothers.
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Dependent Variable
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All monkeys in both group 1 and 2 spent far more time with their cloth surrogate mother than they did with their wire surrogate mother, regardless of which fod it provided.
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Results
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Contact comfort was more important than provision of food iin the formation of infant-mother attachment in rhesus monkeys.
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Conclusion
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Comfort contact is most likely to be a crucial factor in infant-parent attachment in humans.
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