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AP Psychology 2.2 Developmental Psychology. Harlow used which species for his attachment studies?
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- 00:04
Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by attachment studies
- 00:07
otherwise known as experiments on the best way to use paper clips do not [Man in lab setting paperclips on fire]
- 00:11
attempt this at home here's today's question Harlow used
- 00:15
which species for his attachment studies and here the potential anxieties like
- 00:20
Chinese New Year there Harlow studies were conducted in a series of tests
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- 00:24
throughout the 1950s and 60s he knew that babies immediately bond [A baby in elf costume]
- 00:28
with their mothers but he wanted to know exactly what these mechanisms were so
- 00:33
what he did what most scientists do he laughs maniacally like that my questions [Scientist laughing]
- 00:39
well he did what evil and decent
- 00:43
scientists do he experimented Harlow created an environment where he could [Babies in a dark room]
- 00:47
compare groups of babies that were raised in isolation with groups the
- 00:50
babies raised with surrogate mothers if you're thinking separating babies from
- 00:54
their mothers that sounds pretty cruel well that's because it is pretty cruel
- 00:58
seriously no one would ever agree to that at least no humans oh we have the
- 01:02
privilege of consenting to be experimented on so we can cross out E
- 01:06
anyhow Harlow concluded in his heartless experiment that for a baby to develop [Harlow standing in lab with babies]
- 01:11
normally they must have some interaction with an object to which they can clean
- 01:15
during the first month of life clinging it turns out is a natural [Pig appears]
- 01:20
response for young animal to alleviate stress and fear
- 01:24
so there's your excuse for when your significant other tells you you're being [Man and woman walking along the beach]
- 01:28
too needy anyways what animal did Harlow end up using well we can forget pigs and
- 01:33
dogs those are hardly ever used in scientific experiments and stuff we love
- 01:37
Fido and babe but way too much for that stuff anyway and well it makes more
- 01:41
sense to use animals that are more like human biologically genetically [Monkey appear in a tree]
- 01:45
behaviorally structurally etc rat believe it or not are pretty human-like
- 01:49
but have you ever seen a rat clinging to its mother no which means that species
- 01:54
hardly used for his attachment Studies was none other men answered B monkey we
- 02:00
bet PETA is still right now angry letters to Harlow's grave about that one [Graveyard appears]
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