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Animal studies of attachment
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- 1What two psychologists did animal studies to measure attachment?Lorenz and Harlow
- 2What did Lorenz want to find out?Wanted to study the phenomenon of imprinting
- 3What was the procedure of Lorenz's study?randomly divided a clutch of goose eggs. Half the eggs were hatched with their mother, and half in an incubator where the first moving object they saw was Lorenz.
- 4What were the findings of Lorenz's study?the incubator group followed lorenz everywhere.
- 5What is this called?Imprinting
- 6What is meant by the critical period?a period of time where imprinting needs to take place. Depending on species this can vary
- 7What did Lorenz find out about sexual imprinting?He also found that the thing an animal imprints on, is often the one they show sexual behaviour towards
- 8What is a limitation of Lorenz's study?there is a problem in generalizing findings from birds and ducks to humans. Human attachment seems to be quite different from that of birds
- 9What is another limitation of Lorenz's study?Lorenz's conclusions on sexual imprinting have been questioned because Guiton et al. found that you can learn to prefer mating with others.
- 10What did Harlow want to study?He wanted to study the effect of comfort in attachment
- 11What was the procedure of Harlow's study?He had 16 baby monkeys and gave them a choice between to wire monkeys. One with milk, and one covered in cloth.
- 12What were the findings of Harlow's study?The baby monkeys had a preference to the soft cloth monkey because they could cuddle it - especially when frightened.
- 13What did the results of Harlow's study show?They showed that contact comfort was more important than food when it comes to attachment.
- 14What is a strength of Harlow's study?We can apply it to real life and so it can help us prevent the risks associated with child abuse and neglect
- 15What is a limitation of Harlow's study?It is extremely unethical, and the monkeys suffered greatly.
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- My flashcards on animal studies for attachment - AQA psychology
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- Elise Lambert · May 2016
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