Harry Harlow's research with macaque monkeys raised with surrogate mothers led him to conclude that
A) it was contact comfort that created the mother-infant attachment bond.
B) forming an attachment depends upon reduction of the hunger drive.
C) attachment was unique to the human mother-infant relationship.
D) attachment was related to the resolution of the Oedipal complex in the mother-infant relationship.

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Harlow's research showed that the baby monkeys strongly preferred the surrogate mother that provided comfort (in the form of soft cloth) over the one that provided food. This supported his conclusion that it was contact comfort, rather than simply fulfillment of physiological needs, that played a crucial role in attachment formation.

Harry Harlow's Research with Macaque Monkeys Raised with Surrogate Mothers