Animal studies of attachment
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- Animal studies of attachment
- Konrad Lorenz (1950s)
- Aim
- Find out how ducklings imprint on those they're first exposed to
- Procedure
- Randomly divided clutch of eggs into two groups - one stayed with mother gosee, one with Lorenz
- Findings
- Control group imprinted on mother goose, experimental group imprinted on Lorenz
- Conclusions
- Birds imprint on the first person/figure they see
- Critical period of 24-48 hours
- Imprinting influences later sexual imprinting
- Aim
- Harry Harlow (1950s)
- Aim
- Investigate importance of contact comfort
- Procedure
- 16 baby monkeys
- 8 exposed to wire mum
- 8 exposed to wire cloth mum
- Findings
- Monkeys more likely to seek comfort with cloth mother, whether it produced milk or not
- Conclusion
- Contact comfort is more important than cupboard love
- Cupboard love is providing food, shelter and warmth
- Contact comfort is more important than cupboard love
- Aim
- Overall evaluation
- Animals (especially monkeys) are closely related to humans and are caoable of emotions
- poses ethical dilemma
- They can't say whether they want to withdraw/take part - no consent
- poses ethical dilemma
- Research has important implications for childcare - children's emotional and physical needs have to be taken care of
- Monkeys & humans closely related - findings are generalisable
- Animals (especially monkeys) are closely related to humans and are caoable of emotions
- Konrad Lorenz (1950s)
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