WEAKNESSES

• WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESSES OF LORENZ'S RESEARCH?

  issue of extrapolation/ generalisability
• WHAT IS THE ISSUE OF EXTRAPOLATION WITH LORENZ'S RESEARCH?

  human attachment system differs from birds, as for example, human mothers show more emotional attachment in their young than bird mothers
• WHAT DOES THE ISSUE OF EXTRAPOLATION SUGGEST ABOUT LORENZ'S RESEARCH?

  evidence may not be appropriate to generalise to humans
• HOWEVER WHAT IS A COUNTERPOINT ABOUT LORENZ'S RESEARCH?

  greatly contributed to our understanding of imprinting during critical period for animals