Harlow

Harlow

1. Used monkeys to see how they formed attachments

   • Kept in a cage with a wire mother and a cloth mother
     • Half of the group fed by wire mother, other half fed by cloth mother
       • Monkeys 'attached' themselves to cloth monkey
         • Went to her when they were frightened and needed comfort
           • Shows that providing food alone does not mean attachments will be formed
             • Did the experiment again but half the monkeys were blasted with compressed air by the cloth mothers
               • Monkeys seemed to cling to the cloth mothers more
                 • Shows that rejection or abuse made the monkeys insecure and try more often to gain support even though they could be rejected again