animal studies of attachment - lorenz and Harlow

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  • Created on: 02-05-17 20:06

1. what is sexual imprinting? lorenz 1952

  • female peacocks only had sexual attractions to male peacocks
  • Lorenz found that a peacock who hatched infront of giant tortoises and as an adult they only directed their courtship to giant tortoises
  • giant tortoises imprinted on peacocks
  • male peacocks only have sexual attrations to female peacocks
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2. what were the findings of Lorenz findings?

  • the geese that hatched infront of the mother followered her everywhere and the geese that hatched infront of lorenz followed him around
  • the geese did not follow either lorenz or the mother
  • the geese that hatched infront of lorenz followed the mother
  • the geese that hatched infront of the mother followed lorenz

3. how did maternally deprived monkeys behave as adults?

  • monkeys reared on wire mother were the most dysfunctional, did not mate often, killed their babies, not sociable
  • were completely normal
  • only a few were dysfunctional
  • learned to behave like a monkey should

4. what is the critical period for monkeys?

  • 2 years - if they do not form an attachment it was irreversible
  • 90 days - if they do not form an attachment it was irreversible
  • dont have one
  • 10 days - if they do not form an attachment it was irreversible

5. what did harlow find?

  • they feared cloth monkey
  • spent time with wire monkey no matter if they dispensed milk = contact comfort is not important food is
  • when frightened monkeys went to soft monkey, regardless if it despensed milk. = contact comfort is more important than food
  • they feared the wire monkey
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