PSY10000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Harry Harlow, 18 Months, Psy
29 Nov 2017
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Lecture #36: lack of attachment, rhesus monkey research (harry harlow): monkeys were isolated completely for periods of 3 months to a year (in an empty steel chamber) They didn"t know how to interact with others. They would lack parenting skills: humans raised in inadequate institutions: Orphanages: adequate nutrition/bodily care, inadequate sensory/social care (anecdotal evidence) Withdrawal, apathy in children after a year or so not immediately after quarantine. Language and abstract thinking deficit present as well: reversibility of the effects of early deprivation, rhesus monkey research: were isolated for a year or few months -placed with normally looking therapist monkeys . Reversible effects but they were highly susceptible to stress for the rest of their lives: human rehabilitation: correlational, observational, not necessarily cause and effect. Overcrowded orphanage with few staff = little individual attention. At 18 months, children were moved to an institution for women and paired: Kids who were paired increase in iq.
