"Unhappy childhood takes a lifetime to heal, happy childhood can heal a lifetime", this classic chicken soup, but with extremely cruel animal experiments to confirm. In one fell swoop, overturning the "cry immunity method" previously advocated by the West, we began to re-examine the importance of intimacy in childhood for a lifetime.
For animal experiments, the most brutal is probably psychological experiments, and Harlow is listed as one of the most cruel scientists of the last century, the most hated psychologist of animal protection organizations. Friends who are interested in this topic, please give the captain a high recommendation, we will start talking right away.
At the beginning of the experiment:
In the 1930s, when psychology began to shift from a theoretical discipline to a "real science" stage with experimental arguments, it was initially the same as medical experiments, using mice as research animals, and when Harlow became the main professor, he found that monkeys in zoos were much smarter than mice, and rhesus monkeys had a 94% similarity with human genes, which was the best animal choice for human psychology experiments.
At the beginning of the experiment, in order to prevent monkeys from getting sick, it was also referred to the care mode of human newborns at that time, that is, "parent-child separation" after birth, and separate care, which was considered to be more conducive to maternal rehabilitation, child health, and even one of the purposes at that time was to let newborns adapt to adversity early and learn to be independent. However, after the separation of the monkeys, although the food and clothing are worry-free, but the performance of the young monkeys has attracted the attention of Harlow, they are often six gods, empty eyes, especially like to suck fingers, these separated little monkeys without exception have a strong attachment to the towel in the cage, hugging the towel tightly, anyone who touches the towel, will cause a strong reaction from the young monkey.
From 1930 to 1950, the mainstream Western society recognized the idea of parenting as:
Skinner, the famous psychologist, crying is a threat to children, if we want not to let children cry in the future, then we should not soothe when crying.
Spock, a famous pediatrician, advises babies to feed them regularly,
Famous psychologist Watson: Cry immunity to the ancestors of the Fa, do not spoil children, do not kiss before going to bed and say goodnight, over-reliance on the mother, the child will be difficult to be independent, can not become a talent...
Experimental procedure:
At that time, everyone agreed that for babies, "having milk is mother", and the baby's attachment to the mother is nothing more than a return for nutrients. After observing the juvenile monkeys' dependence on towels, Harlow conducted the next step of experiments, making two "false mothers" for the monkeys, one is a "wire mother" woven with barbed wire, which can provide milk 24 hours a day, and the other is a "towel mother" wrapped in a soft towel and cannot be fed. After forcibly separating from their mothers, the young monkeys showed an almost exaggerated "fear", all kinds of screams, which did not stop for several hours, and were nervous to the point of incontinence.
If according to the parenting view at that time, the young monkeys should prefer the "wire mother" that provides nutrition, the result is unexpected, all the young monkeys will choose to snuggle up next to the "towel mother", only when they are very hungry will climb up to the "wire mother", after getting milk, quickly return to the "towel mother", almost inseparable. When Harlow makes a "horrible" sound in the cage, the young monkeys will not hesitate to run to the "towel mother" and hug the "fake mother", if the "towel mother" is removed, the young monkeys will not choose to attach to the "wire mother", or look at the "towel mother" outside the cage, or simply curl up on the ground and shiver.
This classic experiment directly overturned the previous view, "love" comes from contact, not food, before that we did not think of physical contact, is above the physiological needs of feeding, and even in the growth of young monkeys frequent feeding, but also because this can have more gap-free contact with the mother monkey. Harlow's experimental journal states: "As long as there is milk, human beings will never live long."
Later, further experiments confirmed this view, Harlow placed some devices on the "towel mother", as long as the young monkeys went to rely on it, the "towel mother" sprayed cold water, or fired nails, the experimenters found that even if the little monkeys were tortured and screamed, the bullying was scaled all over the body, and did not hesitate to run to the arms of the "towel mother", this scene was tragic, revealing a more cruel fact, for primates, including our human attachment to the mother is "unconditional". Young children can really do "even if you abuse me a thousand times, I still love you like a first love."
After the experiment:
Have you ever thought about "Why are you so afraid of the dark?" "Why do you always like to nibble on your fingers?" "Always caught up in a closed loop of self-doubt?" Maybe childhood experiences will give you the answer. The process of extremely "cruel" Rhesus monkey experiments, but the conclusion about "love" is reached. As these young monkeys in the laboratory grew up, more unexpected situations occurred, these young monkeys almost all have serious "psychological problems", there is no way to live with normal monkey groups, showing different degrees of autism, self-harm, the young monkeys abused by the "towel mother" are more serious, will bite their hands and feet, can not "marry and have children", Harlow carried out forced mating, 20 such forced birth of young monkeys, 4 directly killed by the mother monkey, the rest are either cruelly abused by the mother monkey, Either by the extremely indifferent neglect of the female monkey. Watson, who originally proposed the "Cry Immunity Method," vowed to say, "Give me a dozen healthy babies and I can turn them into what you want." "The three children raised according to his own theory, the result is all depressed, retrospective, Watson's own childhood is also quite unbearable...
Harlow also had a series of experiments with depression drugs later, which will not be repeated here, and Harlow later said the controversial sentence: "If my conclusion can save human children, even if more monkeys are used." What are your thoughts on this experiment? Isn't it also contradictory.
Now we all know what the essence of "love" is, it is touch – gentle embrace, timely response, attentive care. It is play, interaction with children, playing games, and deeply communicating emotionally. Without these, it is difficult for children to grow up "physically and mentally healthy". True abundance is not about giving material satisfaction, but about more companionship. Okay, that's it for today. Life is very good, thank you for having you, we will not see each other in the next period