WEAKNESSES

• WEAKNESSES OF HARLOW'S RESEARCH?

  • ethics
  • issue of extrapolation/ generalisability
• ETHICAL ISSUES WITH HARLOW'S RESEARCH?

  rhesus monkeys experience emotion and anxiety, therefore their suffering in the study was arguably unacceptable
• WHAT DO THE ETHICAL ISSUES DO FOR HARLOW'S STUDY?

  has potential to ruin reputation of psychology
• COUNTERPOINT AGAINST THE UNETHICAL PROCEDURE OF THE STUDY?

  cost of animal harm is outweighed by the benefits of understanding more about attachment in humans
• WHY IS THE ISSUE OF EXTRAPOLATION WEAKER IN HARLOW'S STUDY IN COMPARISON TO LORENZ'S?

  monkeys and humans are biologically similar
• ISSUE OF EXTRAPOLATION WITH HARLOW'S RESEARCH?

  humans have a language development which influences attachment, so findings must be extrapolated to human behaviour with caution
• COUNTERPOINT AGAINST EXTRAPOLATION OF HARLOW'S RESEARCH?

  still useful tool to investigate hard to research concepts