Harlow
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- Harlow (1958)
- Procedure
- Harlow wanted to investigate what love was based on for infants
- He used rhesus monkeys
- harlow reared 16 monkeys with two wire model mothers
- condition one: milk was dispended by the plain wire mother
- condition two: milk was dispensed by the cloth covered mother
- Observed for 165 days
- The amount of time spent with each of the mothers was measured
- Also investigated what the monkeys did when scared by a toy
- Findings
- All monkeys spent most of their time with the cloth covered mothers
- Went to the mother with food just to feed, then returned to the cloth mother
- When frightened, all moneys clung to the cloth mother, and when playing with new toys, kept one foot on the cloth mother
- conclusion
- Suggests infants attach to the person who provides comfort, not food
- Long lasting effects
- Monkeys with the cloth covered monkey did not develop normally
- More aggressive
- Less sociable
- Bred less than normal
- When they became mothers, they neglected their young and some even attacked and killed their children
- Monkeys that only had a wire mother were the most dysfunctional
- Motherless moneys could recover if socialised with peers before 3 months
- If they had a wire mother, and were not socialised before 6 months it could not be revered
- Evaluation
- Strength - real-world value
- Limiation - generalising from monkeys to humans
- weakness - ethical issues
- Procedure
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