Animal studies attachment

• Why is animal research useful for studying human behavior?


  Studies on animals are often not possible on humans
• What are the ethical concerns regarding animal research?

  It raises ethical issues and mental experience differences
• Who conducted influential research on attachment in animals?

  Conrad Lorenz and Harry Harlow
• What did Lorenz investigate in his research?

  Imprinting in graylag geese
• What did Lorenz find about goslings that he hatched?

  They imprinted on him as the first moving object
• What is the critical period for imprinting according to Lorenz?

  32 hours after hatching
• What does Harlow's research focus on regarding attachment?

  The learning theory of attachment
• What did Harlow use in his experiment with infant monkeys?

  Two surrogate mothers
• What did Harlow find about the monkeys' attachment to the surrogate mothers?

  They preferred the cloth mother for comfort
• What did Harlow's experiment reveal about the importance of comfort in attachment?

  Comfort is more important than food
• What long-term problems did Harlow's monkeys face?

  Issues interacting with other monkeys
• What did Harlow conclude about the attachment of monkeys to their mothers?

  Monkeys have an innate need for physical contact
• Why is it important to consider the differences between animals and humans in research findings?

  Animals and humans have different biological structures
• What did John Bowlby argue about human infants and attachment?

  They crave comfort from their mothers
• What is the critical period for human infants to form attachments according to Bowlby?

  6 to 30 months
• How does the concept of a critical period differ between goslings and human infants?

  Humans have a sensitive period, not critical
• How did Harlow's and Lorenz's research influence child care practices?

  Informed policies on early attachment importance
• What ethical concerns are associated with Harlow's research?

  It caused suffering to the primates
• What is a cost-benefit perspective regarding Harlow's research?

  Some argue the research was justified
• Why is it important to evaluate the ethics of a study separately from its findings?

  Ethics do not determine data validity