In Harry Harlow's experiments, infant monkeys were given a choice between a wire surrogate mother that provided food and a soft cloth surrogate mother that provided comfort. The monkeys consistently chose the comforting cloth mother over the wire mother, demonstrating that comfort and emotional closeness were more important to developing attachment than the satisfaction of basic physiological needs like hunger.

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  Attachment Theory, Bowlby's Stages & Attachment Styles

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