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Jun 15, 2023 · Harlow (1958) modified his experiment and separated the infants into two groups: the terrycloth mother which provided no food, or the wire mother which did. All the monkeys drank equal amounts and grew physically at the same rate. But the similarities ended there.
Jan 23, 2020 · Harlow’s findings (Harlow, 1958; Harlow and Harlow, 1962; Harlow and Zimmermann, 1959) showed, according to Bettelheim (1967: 32), that ‘activity without response can be fatal’, and the emotional unresponsiveness of the terrycloth mother ‘prevents the monkey infant from becoming a real monkey’ (p. 448). But of course, neither Harlow ...
- Lenny van Rosmalen, René van der Veer, Frank C. P. van der Horst
- 2020
Feb 24, 2012 · Given a choice, infant monkeys invariably preferred surrogate mothers covered with soft terry cloth, and they spent a great deal of time cuddling with them (above), just as they would have with their real mothers (below).
Jun 20, 2018 · In this study, Harlow took infant monkeys from their biological mothers and gave them two inanimate surrogate mothers: one was a simple construction of wire and wood, and the second was covered in foam rubber and soft terry cloth.
No one will question that real, normal monkey motherhood is an important variable in imparting normality to rhesus monkeys as revealed in social adjustment in infancy , ado- lescence, and...
- Marga Vicedo
Feb 14, 2020 · To do this, Harlow separated infant monkeys from their biological mothers within 6 to 12 hours after being born. He then placed these baby monkeys in a nursery with inanimate ‘surrogate’ mothers – one who is made of heavy wire mesh and the other made of wood that was covered in terry cloth.
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The study of monkeys by Harlow and Zimmermann (1959) and direct observation by Bowlby in orphanages suggests that infants needed emotional support with food and shelter (Radetzki et al., 2018)....
