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Animal studies of attachment

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   investigated how goslings form an attachment

2.

How many groups did Lorenz randomly allocate goose eggs into?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

3.

Lorenz's research involved goslings either being first exposed to:

a)

Their goose mother or Lorenz

b)

Their goose mother or a wire substitute mother

c)

Their goose mother or a cloth substitute mother

d)

A cloth substitute mother or Lorenz

4.

What did Lorenz vary in his research?

a)

The time between the gosling's birth and when they first saw their gosling mother/Lorenz

b)

The amount of time spent each gosling spent with Lorenz

c)

The time between the gosling's birth and when they were first fed

5.

Lorenz found that

a)

Goslings would follow the first moving object they saw

b)

All goslings would follow their mother goose

c)

All goslings would follow Lorenz

d)

Goslings did not have a preference for who they followed

6.

Lorenz found that goslings would imprint at approximately how many hours after hatching?

a)

13-16

b)

8-12

c)

6-10

d)

4-6

7.

Lorenz found that after (a)   hours, it was too late for goslings to imprint

8.

Lorenz concluded that attachment/imprinting takes place within a (a)   period.

9.

Harlow aims to investigate whether:

a)

Baby monkeys attach to a source of food or comfort

b)

Baby monkeys imprint

c)

Goslings imprint

d)

Goslings attach to a source of food or comfort

10.

What did Harlow record?

a)

The amount of time baby monkeys spent with two surrogate mothers

b)

Baby monkeys' responses to fearful stimuli

c)

Whether monkeys would follow around their mother of Harlow

11.

In Harlow's research, baby monkeys were found to spend most of their time with:

a)

The cloth surrogate mother

b)

The wire surrogate mother

12.

In Harlow's research, when baby monkeys were frightened with stimuli, they would run to:

a)

The cloth surrogate mother

b)

The wire surrogate mother

13.

Harlow's later observations of the monkeys used in his research found that they:

a)

They were less sociable

b)

They were more sociable

c)

They bred more often

d)

They bred less often

e)

They were more aggressive and would attack their offspring

14.

Harlow concluded that:

a)

Infants form an attachment with a figure that provides comfort and protection rather than food.

b)

Infants form an attachment with a figure that provides food rather than comfort and protection

c)

The absence of a real mother can result in social and emotional disturbances

d)

The absence of a real mother does not result in any long-term negative consequences

15.

Lorenz's animal research provided supporting evidence for what theory of attachment?

a)

The learning theory of attachment

b)

Bowlby's monotropic theory of attachment

16.

Harlow's animal research provided opposing evidence for what theory of attachment?

a)

The learning theory of attachment

b)

Bowlby's monotropic theory of attachment