Key Study: Harlow
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- Created on: 22-02-19 13:07
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- Key Study: Harlow
- 3. What they measured
- How much time they spent clinging to the surrogate mothers
- How much time they spent crying when the surrogate mother was removed
- 2. Method
- Harlow used monkey
- He placed them in a cage where they had two monkey looking sculptures.
- 1. Hypothesis
- If learning theory was true. The monkeys should have been attached to the monkey that was feeding them. Which was the wired monkey.
- 4. Results
- The monkeys did NOT display any attachment to the food-giving wired mother.
- The monkeys displayed attachment behaviour towards the soft cuddly mother.
- 5. Conclusion
- This refutes learning theory because this shows that we need comfort not only feeding.
- 3. What they measured
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