Animal studies

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Created on: 24-12-21 14:20

which psychologist tested goslings?

Lorenz

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what was the study?

Lorenz wanted to find if goslings would imprint on him if it was the first care object they saw, there were 2 conditions, the exp group and control group (normal mother), behaviour was recorded.

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what were the results?

-the goslings followed him and the rs persisted over time
-the rs was irreversible
-that imprinting only happened in the critical period (4-25 hours after hatching for goslings)

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name the evaluations of this

-cannot generalise to humans
-Gution et al found that chickens would imprint on yellow washing gloves if it was the first thing they saw, they then tried to mate w it but it WAS reversible as they learned not to mate w it

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who tested the monkeys?

Harlow

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what was the study aim?

Harlow wanted to how much contact comfort and food influences attachment.

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what 4 conditions were the monkeys put in?

1. wire mother w milk, towelling mother w no milk
2.wm w no milk, tm w milk
3.wm w milk
4.tm w milk
the monkeys were recorded while in the cages.

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what were the results?

that with the wm, the monkeys showed symptoms of stress such as diarrhoea, the monkeys clung to the tm while reaching for food from wm. clearly preferred the contact comfort even tho they went to the wm for food.

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name the evaluations of this

+large practical value in the social work industry, Howe said it helps social workers understand neglect and abuse cases (+helped take care of captive will monkeys in zoos)
-lack of ethics, if primates rlly=human then the-

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continuing w previous card

-emotional effects for them would be rlly bad
-cannot generalise to humans (but it is argued that they are still closer to humans then the goslings)

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