As we discussed in our last meeting, developmental psychology is interested in looking at the relationship between heredity and the environment. One question of enormous interest has been how important is the infant-caregiver bond on later development? What can the quality of that bond tell us about the growth and temperament of the individual?
Two psychologists, Mary Ainsworth and Harry Harlow were interested in this question and conducted important experiments in order to examine the importance of these early social interactions. Read a brief description of
Ainsworth's work and watch footage of her experiment. You may want to skim this article which provides
extensive background on Harry Harlow before watching t
his video, which includes an interview with Harlow and original footage and
this one, which is a bit more appalling.
After watching both experiments, please
complete this task. Extra points for typed responses!
The Ainsworth experiment shows how infants are attached to their caregivers, a successful result would be a secure attachment which means that the child will interact with a stranger only when its caregiver is present. The Harlow experiment is how Harry Harlow take baby monkeys from their parents and how they always choose comfort over food and when they're left alone they feel isolated and confused and he was determined to see if that is also related to human infants that grow into adulthood.
ReplyDeletei feel like this will be beneficial in time . harlow seems a little unethical .
ReplyDeleteThough. His experiment was inethical it did show and explain important key points. Unfortunatly there are kids today who have to suffer with no compassion:(
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