Compare and contrast the work of Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth on understanding attachment “Attachment is relatively long term‚ emotionally important relationship in which one individual seeks proximity to and derives security and comfort from the presence of another” (Investigating psychology‚ 2012 p. 193). Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth are two famous psychologist who provided us series of experiments to understand the attachment in terms of psychology. HarryHarlow started the experiments
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Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth shared a common interest in attachment. Although their work is different and how they went about doing their experiments there were similarities between the pair as both of them did studies to see how attachment presented itself in different individuals. Harlow’s work was based in a laboratory and was a long term experiment using monkeys. The treatment of the animals was seen as poor and unethical. Certain parts to the experiments could even be called cruel. Harlows
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The study of the Attachment by Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth The word love brings us many meanings. But how do we learn to love? Is it something that we born with‚ like kind of pre-programmed behaviour or is it a something that we learn during our development? Do we bound to others because of something that we receive on exchange or the constant proximity forms the bound? The comprehension of what defines emotional attachments or the emotional bounding to others‚ either in humans or other
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Compare and contrast the work of Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth on understanding attachment Introduction Contrasting and comparing the work of Harry Harlow (1962) with the work of Mary Ainsworth (1953) on understanding attachment in children‚ shows that attachment is not based in cupboard love (the provision of food by the mother or the primary care giver) but is mainly formed through contact comfort and the sensitive responsiveness to the child’s signals provided by the mother or by the primary
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Harlow Provided a new understanding of human behavior and development through studies of social behavior of monkeys. Theory His theory hinged on the universal need for contact. Harlow’s famous wire/cloth "mother" monkey studies demonstrated that the need for affection created a stronger bond between mother and infant than did physical needs (food). Experiment He separated baby monkeys from their mothers and used a wire mother- covered in soft cloth- with a nipple with milk- as a mother substitute
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Comparing and contrasting the work of Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth on understanding attachment. In 1950s psychology was mainly leaded by the behaviourists‚ their belief was that humans were motivated because of their primary needs like obtain hunger‚ thirst‚ avoid pain and satisfy sexual needs. Harry Harlow changed it all. He refused to accept that affection and love are less important and his paper “The nature of love” became bestseller among others. Harlow has said that ”Love is wondrous state‚
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Compare and contrast research by Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth on understanding attachment This essay is looking at the similarities of two researchers into attachment. The aim is to present their work so as to compare and contrast the different approaches and techniques used by both Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth. Even though they both had their different techniques in carrying out their experiments‚ the conclusion of their findings was very similar and this essay will be showing these findings
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requirements for PSY 130 General Psychology Reading Area Community College Fall Online Course 2014 Abstract Harry Harlow is known for his experiments on maternal separation and social isolation of rhesus monkeys. His work emphasized the importance of care-giving and companionship as a vital component to normal social and cognitive development. In his surrogate mother experiment‚ Harlow demonstrated the importance of contact comfort. Baby rhesus monkeys were separated from their mothers and given two
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Mary Ainsworth a Prominent Woman of Psychology PSY/310 October 30‚ 2010 Mary Ainsworth a Prominent Woman of Psychology Mary D. Salter- Ainsworth was born in Glendale‚ Ohio in December of 1913. Her parents were both academics at Dickenson College. Her father majored in history‚ while Mary’s mother focused on teaching and nursing. According to her biography‚ Mary and her two sisters grew up in a very “close-knit family” (Ainsworth‚ 1983). The importance of education was definitely impressed
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Harry Harlow was born on October 31‚ 1905 and died December 6‚ 1981. He was an American Psychologist best known for work on maternal seperation and social isolation experiements on monkeys. Harlow grew up in Fairfield‚ Iowa. He was born as Harry Israel‚ only after receiving his PHD did he change his name to Harry Harlow. He was married twice with 2 children from each marriage. Harry received his Ph.D and his BA from Stanford University. He received numerous awards including the Howard Crosby
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