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Food or Security? Harlow's study on monkeys' attachment

Short documentary part on the controversial studies performed by Harry Harlow and his assistants. "Food or security, what will it be for the monkey".  
 
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joeysbitch1 (12 hours ago) Show Hide
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pretty much, harlow went slightly mad, and ended up hanging the monkeys upside down in barrels for months on end with no visible hypothesis. he just was cruel to the animals for no reason.
HanMan3000 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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what did he do?
joeysbitch1 (4 days ago) Show Hide
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i hate what this sick guy did to these monkeys in the end...
deargcass (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Does anyone know where this footage is from?
essi61 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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heart breaking:-( those poor little monkeys and the way he/she tried to cling to the lady when she was putting him in the cage.Found it hard to watch.
abberbelle (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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i hate this experiment.. it actually upsets me that little monkeys would ever be treated like this. Harlow should be ashamed of himself.. he wouldn't have done it if they were human babies.. what's the difference?
o0Theresa0o (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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The experiment was to test whether attachment was a derivative of the need for food, or the need for comfort. The monkey's always went for comfort, showing that primates (including humans) are attached to their mother/parental figure because of their protection and not because they provide them with food. Although the experiments are awful and it's horrible how these poor things were psychologically damaged, it provided some important insight to the human condition.
ta2joe13 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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untimely death, as harlow absolutely despised the monkeys.
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Some were re-introduced to monkeys raised with normal mothers, and their behavior was observed.

Dr Harlow also impregnated some female monkeys raised this way, with horrific results. The female monkeys, having no mothers of their own, often abandoned their babies, killed them or maimed them.
kleymannie (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Actually the monkeys were young enough to be "resocialized" Suprisingly they were given treatment and allowed to socialize when they got older

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