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Harlow's Contact Comfort
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Harlow found that infant monkeys preferred a soft cloth surrogate over a wire surrogate that provided food.
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The monkeys fed from the wire figure and clung to the cloth figure, especially when frightened.
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The study overturned the view that attachment forms through feeding. It also inflicted lasting harm on its subjects.
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