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1. Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth are theorists who contributed to the field of human behavior by conducting research on attachment.
1. Pick one of these theorist
2. Discuss the findings of this research.
3. How did it contribute to the field of human behavior?
4. Consider was it ethical?
2. Lawrence Kohlberg developed a theory on moral reasoning (Cacioppo & Freberg, 2013, pg. 548-549)
1. Discuss the stages of moral reasoning
2. Consider, if you agree or not, regarding Kohlberg’s assessment of post-conventional morality. Does this exist?
3. Should cultural norms be considered?
4. How does this knowledge impact your ability to interact with others?
3. Cacioppo and Freberg (2013, pgs. 544-552) discussed adolescence.
1. Do you believe that the age of important “adult only” behaviors like driving, drinking, and voting reflect what we know about brain maturity? Why or why not?
2. Would you recommend any changes?
4. Cacioppo and Freberg (2013, pg. 549-552) discussed Eric Erickson’s theory on Psychosocial Stages in human development.
1. Discuss if you agree or disagree with his psychosocial stages of development.
2. Do you believe personal events or circumstances can stunt healthy behavioral or social development?
3. Do you believe Erickson accounted for differences in culture?
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Response 1: Theorist Harry Harlow
Harry Harlow was a psychology theorist was seeking to establish baby’s attachment
mechanism to the mothers by studying how newborn monkeys bond with their mothers as his
experiment sample (Arcus, 2017). The main aim was to establish if the young ones bonded with
their mothers because of dependency in nutrition through suckling, the protection they received,
comfort or because they socialized. However, Harry Harlow arguably believed that attachment is
developed by the comfort provided by the mother to the young ones contrary to the behavioral
theory of attachment which suggests that it is through the care of a mother to provide food.
In one of the Harlow’s experiment, he reared infant monkeys in isolation from birth with
no contact with each other or anyone else at intervals of three, six and nine months and then he
would return them with other monkeys. When in isolation, the monkeys developed weird
behaviors such as grasping their own bodies (Zeineddine, 2015). When they were put back with
the other monkeys, the babies were scared of other monkeys and very aggressive towards them.
They could not communicate or socialize with other monkeys and the other monkeys resulted in
bulling them where they resulted in self-mutilation through tearing their hair out, scratching and
biting themselves (Zeineddine, 2015). The extent of the effect of isolation varied with how long
a monkey stayed in isolation. In his second experiment, he reared infant monkeys with surrogate
mothers whom he was to compare with the monkeys who have grown with their normal mothers
where he found out that the ones who were reared with surrogate mothers appeared fearful and
did not know how to relate with others. They were also easy to bully and could not defend
themselves. They also experienced difficulty in mating and proving motherly care for the female
(Arcus, 2017).
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