In the 1950s, a Famous Experiment of Rhesus Monkeys Reared

question 15

Multiple Choice

In the 1950s, a famous experiment of rhesus monkeys reared with terry-cloth and wire-mesh "surrogate mothers" provided evidence that

• A) the development of emotional ties between infant and mother does not depend on hunger satisfaction.
• B) the infant's characteristics play a larger role in the relationship than the caregiver's contributions.
• C) continuous, sensitive caregiving is key to the development of a secure attachment pattern.
• D) attachment security in infancy is highly dependent on hunger satisfaction.

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Definitions:

Ordinal Data

Data that is categorized into ordered levels, groups, or rankings, but the intervals between the ranks are not necessarily equal.

Interval Data

A type of data that consists of numerical values where the order and the exact differences between the values are meaningful.

Nominal Data

Data classified into distinct categories according to specified characteristics that cannot be ordered in a meaningful way.

Qualitative

Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity.