Fun Facts
Theory of Attachment
Experiment 1
Experiment 2 and 3
Conclusions of the Experiments
100

There are this many main released papers, over the attachment theory and behavior development.

Seven. 

100
Harlow used this animal for to study his Theory of attachment. 

Rhesus monkey

100

This experiment tested the bond between who?

Mother, and child. 

100

The babies in the second round of experimenting got this much food in comparison to the other monkeys. 

The same 

100

What is clinging?

A natural response used in times of stress.

200

If a caregiver is cold towards a child they will develop this. 

antisocial tendencies

200

Harlow's theory of attachment relies on these two ideas.

Nature and nurture. 

200

This mother provided food while the other did not. 

The wire mother. 

200

What odd behavior did the babies raised in total isolation experience?

Clutching their own bodies and rocking compulsively.

200

What did Harlow conclude that monkeys need for normal development?

Some interaction with an object to which they can cling during the first months of life

300

Harlow was married this many times. 

Three times

300

This is a demonstration of the importance of emotional bonds, early attachment, and contact comfort in development. 

Nature. 

300

The mothers were made out of these two materials. 

One was made of wire, and the other was made of soft cloth. 

300

The monkeys raised in isolation where unable to do this. 

Socialize with other monkeys. 

300

Emotional damage thats impacts could be reversed in monkeys if an attachment was made before the end of the critical period is caused by this. 

Maternal deprivation 

400

Harlow studied this before switching to psychology in college. 

English.

400

This is the idea that continuity of care is more important than biological parenthood. 

Nurture

400

The baby monkeys preferred this mother who provided comfort to the other mother who provided food. 

The baby monkeys preferred the cloth mother. 

400

The results of this experiment dealt with what aspect of development?

Temperament of the monkeys as they developed. 

400

If maternal deprivation lasted after the end of this, then no amount of exposure to mothers or peers could alter the emotional damage that had already occurred.

The critical period. 

500

“a Two-year-old Goes to the Hospital” that is based on Harlow's experiment and the effects they had came out in what year?

1953

500

Harlow believed that this was ultimately how attachment develops. 

Tactile, or contact comfort. 

500

This experiment proves which evolutionary theory?

Theory of attachment. 

500

This was totally different about experiment number 3 in comparison to the other two. 

The babies were raised in total isolation. 

500
After this many months the monkey's critical period is over. 

Six months.