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Flashcards by Elise Lambert, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elise Lambert
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What two psychologists did animal studies to measure attachment? | Lorenz and Harlow |
| What did Lorenz want to find out? | Wanted to study the phenomenon of imprinting |
| What 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. |
| What were the findings of Lorenz's study? | the incubator group followed lorenz everywhere. |
| What is this called? | Imprinting |
| What is meant by the critical period? | a period of time where imprinting needs to take place. Depending on species this can vary |
| What 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 |
| What 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 |
| What 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. |
| What did Harlow want to study? | He wanted to study the effect of comfort in attachment |
| What 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. |
| What 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. |
| What did the results of Harlow's study show? | They showed that contact comfort was more important than food when it comes to attachment. |
| What 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 |
| What is a limitation of Harlow's study? | It is extremely unethical, and the monkeys suffered greatly. |
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