Wire Mesh Mothers

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gptkbp:instanceOf experimental design
gptkbp:challenge behaviorist theories of attachment
gptkbp:citation psychology textbooks
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Harry_Harlow
gptkbp:contrastsWith cloth mother
gptkbp:demonstrates monkeys preferred comfort over food
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wire Mesh Mothers
gptkbp:influenced developmental psychology
gptkbp:location gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–Madison
gptkbp:material wire mesh
gptkbp:provides food but not comfort
gptkbp:purpose to study the importance of caregiving and companionship
gptkbp:resultedIn monkeys spent more time with cloth mother
gptkbp:studiedBy attachment in rhesus monkeys
gptkbp:usedIn attachment theory research
gptkbp:year 1950s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elizabeth_Massie
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7