HARLOW

• KEY POINTS OF HARLOW'S STUDY?

  • measured attachment in rhesus monkeys
  • controlled observation
  • surrogate mothers (time with each)
• FINDINGS OF HARLOW'S STUDY?

  • monkeys spent up to 22 hours a day with cloth mother
  • unable rear young
• EVALUATION OF HARLOW'S STUDY?

  • practical application
  • ethics
  • extrapolation
• ARGUMENT OF PRACTICAL APPLICATION?

  • understanding of effects of isolation and neglect
  • social workers
  • ethical guidelines mean can no longer be conducted
• ARGUMENT OF ETHICS?

  • rhesus monkeys experience emotion and anxiety
  • damage reputation of psychology
  • outweighed by understanding
• ARGUMENT OF EXTRAPOLATION?

  • rhesus monkeys and humans biologically similar
  • language development in humans
  • cautious when extrapolating
  • useful understanding of difficult to research subject