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Created on: 02-04-13 13:56

What is Ethology?

The study of animal behaviour which is often compared to humans.

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Imprinting study (Lorenz).

Newly hatched chicks attach themselves to the first moving object. There is a critical period in which the chick has to attach to its mother figure.

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Harlow's monkeys (theory).

Infant mothers separated from their mothers at birth were individually placed in a cage. A wire surrogate mother (food) and cloth surrogate mother (comfort) were place in the cage, as well as a noisy toy to frighten the monkey.

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Harlow's monkeys (conclusion).

Monkeys formed an attachment with the cloth mother even though it didn't provide food. 'Contact comfort' = feeling nurtured/wanted/safe more important.

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Limitations of ethology.

These can be ethically unsound and there might be other variables in humans that aren't in animal behaviour.

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Limitations of Harlow's monkeys.

Not reciprocal and contradicts basic element of learning attachment.

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Newly hatched chicks attach themselves to the first moving object. There is a critical period in which the chick has to attach to its mother figure.

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Imprinting study (Lorenz).

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Monkeys formed an attachment with the cloth mother even though it didn't provide food. 'Contact comfort' = feeling nurtured/wanted/safe more important.

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These can be ethically unsound and there might be other variables in humans that aren't in animal behaviour.

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