DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
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Question
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Harlow’s procedure placed a new-born monkey in a cage with a ____ ?
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cloth covered mother and a wire mesh mother that dispensed milk
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cloth covered mother and a wire mesh mother that dispensed no milk
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cloth covered mother that dispensed milk and a wire mesh mother
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cloth covered mother and a wire mesh mother, neither dispensed milk
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Infant rhesus monkeys were taken away from their mothers and raised in a laboratory setting, with some infants placed in separate cages away from peers. In social isolation, the monkeys showed disturbed behavior, staring blankly, circling their cages, and engaging in self-mutilation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Harlow (1958) separated infant monkeys from their mothers immediately after birth and placed in cages with access to two surrogate mothers, one made of wire and one covered in soft terry toweling cloth.
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