Harry Harlow studied attachment in monkeys. He found that when baby monkeys were separated from their mothers and offered a substitute, they preferred a __________.

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Harry Harlow's experiments with monkeys demonstrated that the baby monkeys preferred a terrycloth mother that offered warmth and softness over a wire mother, even when the wire mother offered food. This highlighted the importance of comfort and tactile stimulation in the formation of attachment in primates.

Harry Harlow Studied Attachment in Monkeys