Animal studies

Animal studies

1. Harlows monkeys

   • 16 baby monkeys were put in a cage with 2 mothers. one wire with food, one cloth with no food. The monkeys were scared and which mother they went too was recorded. they also studied which monkey they spent the most time with
   • In all situatios the monkeys went to the cloth monkey, showing we crave comfort over food, those monkeys with just a wire mother were in great distress
   • evaluation
     • ethical issues- many monkeys were psychologically damaged as a result and became lonely and distressed. mokeys cant give consent, so they were forced againt their will
     • supports bowlbys theory- giving us a clearer understanding of attachments between mother and children, it is not based around food
     • cant generalise to humans- human brains are more complex, so children may react differently

2. Lorenz goslings

   • lorenz randomly divided goslings eggs into 2 halves
     • one half stayed with their mother
     • one half went in an incubator and lived with lorenz
   • he marked the goslings to show which ones were hatched with lorenz and let them all out at once from an upturned box. the goslings that lorenz had did not recognise their mother.

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