Love at Goon Park : Harry Harlow and the science of affection
Bibliographic Collection:
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Blum, Deborah
Year of Publication: 2002
Number of Pages: xvi, 336 p., [8] p. of plates
Publisher: Perseus Publishing
City: Cambridge, MA
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 0738202789
Keywords: 1905, Experimental, Harlow, Harry Frederick, Object Attachment, Primates, Psychologists United States, Psychology
Abstract:
We take it for granted today that babies need love. But less than a century ago, psychologists warned women against showing their children "too much affection"-predicting dire consequences ranging from deadly disease to sexual dysfunction in adulthood. The story of how this conventional wisdom was finally shattered takes us into the life and the laboratory of Harry Harlow-workaholic, alcoholic, brilliant and brave, capable of caustic wit and cruelty-and into an era in which the scientific establishment was just beginning to understand the power of human emotion.
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Deborah Blumphotos ; 24 cm
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