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AQA A-Level Psychology - Attachment - Animal Studies

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A* student’s (2023) hand-written class notes on animal studies in the attachment module - AQA A-Level Psychology, Paper 1 (7182/1). These notes include both AO1 and AO3 points for: Lorenz’s research; Harlow’s research. I have included some summary questions to help test your knowledge. Happy revising and good luck! :)

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14/12/20 21 Korent's animal study in attachment




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¾ norenr ser up an expenment rnvaiving cutch goose eggs in tuua separate


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mother gaose

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incubator aa that horent is the pust large maving abject they see once hatched
> results from the cantrol group saund that the gosung impunted on and
followed the mother

> resuits from the expenmental group faund that the gasiings imprunted on
and fallowed lorent

2to conclude, the geese fom attachments through imprinting whichis
persistent and irreversuble




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onty studued an non -human animais sa cannat appul the findings ca human
since we are unane to conclude that they would behave in exactly the
same way

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as mammats rarely impunt
with parents, specifically mothers
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