PSYC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Rhesus Macaque, Mary Ainsworth, Terrycloth
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Lecture 7 jan 28th 2013 11. 3 developmental psych. Social developmento harlow"s study of attachment o attachmento. He took young rhesus monkeys and removed them from his mothers. Two types: terrycloth monkey mother (house coat material), mesh monkey mother. Feeding (is it just food the monkeys need from mothers, or is it caring, warmth, etc. ) Unfamiliar rooms: frozen in fear, cried, crouching, thumb sucking, ran from objects to object. Video ^ monkey isn"t comforted by the wired mother when scared, he goes straight to the terrycloth mother. With the terrycloth mother in the room he isn"t afraid to explore the objects. 3, 6, 12, or 24 months of social deprivation. Social behaviour after 6 months of isolation. The monkeys were placed with normal adult monkeys. The deprived monkeys had severe deficits in social behavior. Placed the monkey with younger monkeys, the monkey was able to socially recover.