MCAT Question of the Day


  • Q:

    In a 1959 experiment, monkeys were separated from their mothers at birth. Some of the monkey received feedings from a wire monkey holding a bottle. The other monkeys also had wire monkey holding a bottle, but it was covered with warm terry cloth. The monkeys with a wire mother only approached it when hungry. The monkeys with the terry cloth mother clung to it while eating and ran to it when frightened or stressed. Moreover, the monkeys with the terry cloth mother were more likely to thrive. Which aspect of emotional development does this study support?

     

    A

    Freud's theory psychoanalytic theory and emphasis on the importance of nursing and weaning

    B

    Erikson's trust vs. mistrust theory

    C

    Lifespan Development theory

    D

    Cognitive Dissonance Theory



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