In the 1950s, psychologist Harry Harlow conducted experiments with rhesus monkeys to investigate the importance of emotional attachment. Infant monkeys were given a choice between a wire surrogate mother that provided food and a soft cloth surrogate mother that provided comfort but no food. The monkeys consistently chose the comforting cloth 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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• emotional attachment concept
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