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Harlow's experiment of attachment on rhesus monkeys has been criticised on a number of grounds. For example in terms of ethics and harm to the participants. Following the monkeys used into adulthood, results...

Asch's (1951) lab experiment consisted of 50 male college students judging the length of lines to investigate conformity. The group of 8 included the 'naive' participant with 7 confederates and each person w...

Monotropy is an idea that one of the most famous developmental psychologists, John Bowlby, came with. He believed that infants are born with the innate need to create one main and special bond with their att...

Maguire et al. (2000) looked at MRI scans of London taxi drivers. These drivers had to undergo extensive navigational training, known as ‘The Knowledge’ before they became drivers. It was found that, compare...

The nature-nurture debate relates to the relative importance of heredity and environment on behaviour. The nurture side of the debate argues that environmental experience (pre- and post-natal) shape our beha...