You can thank Harry Harlow for the amount of affection you received as a child.
In a series of controversial experiments during the 1960s, he revealed how important a mothers love was in healthy childhood development.
Harlow separated some monkeys from their mothers a few hours after birth and left them to be “raised” by two surrogate mothers.
One mother was made of wire but had an attached bottle for food and the other was made of soft terrycloth but had no food. Interestingly, the baby monkeys spent far more time with the cloth 'mother' , thus proving that affection plays a greater role than sustenance when it comes to childhood development.
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Psychological Studies - Understanding Humans
RandomStudies, facts and explanations for how we as humans act in different situations and why. Basically bunch of interesting stuff. I do not have any rights over these studies (of course) I am merely sharing them with people who may share my interest fo...
