Harlow found that baby monkeys attached themselves to a monkey doll covered with soft cuddly cloth, even when it fed elsewhere. This result ____ Freud's psychoanalytic theory of attachment.

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Harlow's experiment showed that comfort and tactile stimulation were more important for attachment than feeding, which contradicted Freud's theory that attachment was primarily formed through the feeding relationship.

Harlow Found That Baby Monkeys Attached Themselves to a Monkey