Some factors influencing the effects of temporary mother-infant separation: some experiments with rhesus monkeys

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Summary

The nature of the separation experience had a profound effect on the infant's response: infants left in a familiar environment while their mothers were removed showed marked but brief ‘protest’ and then profound ‘despair’, whilst infants removed to a strange cage showed more prolonged ‘ Protest’.

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Published
1977-05-01
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Keywords

Separation (statistics), Developmental psychology, Psychology, Maternal deprivation

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