Harlow and Colleagues' Studies with Infant Rhesus Monkeys Reared in Isolation

question 96

Multiple Choice

Harlow and colleagues' studies with infant rhesus monkeys reared in isolation demonstrated that, compared to monkeys reared normally with their mothers, those reared in isolation and then placed with other monkeys:

• A)were socially isolated.
• B)were incapable of caring for their own young.
• C)were unable to communicate effectively with other monkeys.
• D)were socially isolated, unable to communicate with other monkeys, and incapable of caring for their young.

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Definitions:

Breast-Milk Feeding

The practice of feeding an infant human milk, usually directly from the breast, but potentially also pumped and bottle-fed, as the primary source of nutrition.

Intellectual Development

The process of developing mental capabilities and processing skills such as reasoning, problem-solving, and understanding concepts.

Experiments

Scientific procedures undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Illusory Correlation

The perception of a relationship between two variables when no such relationship actually exists.