animal studies

• what was lorenzs study aim ?

  • study process of imprinting
• what was lorenzs procedure ?

  • group one : hatched with mother naturally
  • group two : hatched in incubator and first moving thing seen was lorenz himself
• what were lorenzs findings ?

  • group one : followed mother
  • group two : followed lorenz
• what were lorenzs conclusions ?

  • imprinting does occur instinctively to first thing they see
  • critical period is 12-17 hours
• what was harlows aim ?

  • study how monkeys bond to their mothers
• what was harlows procedure ?

  • surrogate mothers in cage - one covered in cloth other was wire cage
  • condition one : cloth mother had food , wire mother had no food
  • condition two : cloth mother had no food , wire mother had food
• what were harlows findings ?

  • monkeys chose mother that provided contact comfort
• what were harlows findings on fear ?

  • when scared either : if alone crouch down or if with surrogate mothers they would choose contact comfort
• what were harlows conclusions ?

  • we require contact comfort over food
  • critical period is 90 days
  • long term effects if maternally deprived - ignore / abuse own offspring , lack social skills
• what is the evaluation of animal studies ?

  • real life application - e.g. social workers
  • generalizability - not to humans
  • unethical - animal studies