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Interesting Facts

In Harlows orginal Article he stated that:

"Despite the fact that the baby monkeys only received food from the wire mother, all of the monkeys spent more time clinging to and cuddling with the cloth mother- especially when they were frightened (Harlow, H., 1970).

  • Harlow concluded that extended social deprivation in the early years of life can severely disrupt later social and sexual behavior.
  • Harlow also conducted important studies involving the behavior of prisoners of war during the Korean War.

The Experiment in Action

Contributions to Psychology

  • Harry Harlow's work led to acclaim and generate a wealth of research on love, affection, and interpersonal relationships,
  • Meanwhile, his own personal life began to fall apart.
  • After his wife died of an illness, Harry fell into alcoholism and depression.
  • He eventually distanced himself from his own children.
  • Colleagues frequently described him as sarcastic, mean-spirited, misanthropic and cruel.

Harry Harlow vs Modern social situations

  • During the first half of the 20th century, many psychologists believed that showing affection towards children was an act of no real purpose and a useless gesture
  • Harlow’s research supported the importance of bonding between the mother/caregiver and the child.
  • Baby monkeys who were not shown affection or could not cuddle with the cloth mother had trouble gaining weight (this made researchers believe that affection has a large impact on a child’s development.)
  • Harlows research provided parenting tips.
  • AND encouraged daycare, hospital and orphanage workers to interact and have more physical contact with young children !!

Harry Harlow 's research on rhesus monkeys , changed theses views. His enduring legacy reinforced the importance of emotional support, affection, and love in the development of children.

is it IMPORTANT?

Harry Harlow proved that infants need love and nurturing in order to develop normally.

Harry Frederick Harlow

The Questions...

1. Why choose to work with monkeys ?

2. Since your work proves that kids need love in their lives, why did you choose to not follow your findings on your own children?

(more explained in the upcoming slides)

Born: October 31, 1905

Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.

Died: December 6, 1981 (aged 76)

Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

Nationality : American

Field: Psychology

Field of Research

  • Harry Harlow is know for his experiments on infant rhesus monkeys, better known as isolation of an infant from the love of a mother
  • He was very intrigued by love and attachment
  • in his experiments Harlow separated babies from their real mothers and replaced them with two fake ones, which one was made out of wire and the other one out of cloth
  • he wanted to prove that love as well as gender did not have a larger impact on the society

Field of research

  • The results showed that the infants preferred the cloth mother better than the wire one
  • Harlow also observed that later the infants monkeys didn't feel well in their society between their peers, those that become mothers were distant, cold and ignorant towards their babies

METHOD OF RESEARCH

Harlow used two methods to of research to prove his theory:

  • experiments-separation of the infants from their mothers after birth and placed in isolation
  • participant-observation- observing the behavior of the infants

HARRY HARLOW

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