Question

Kara explains to her roommate why Harry Harlow’s experiments were so important to explaining an infant’s socio-emotional development. Kara correctly says that his results demonstrate that a. food can be used as a method for tension reduction in the young. b. providing food is more important than providing comforting contact. c. comforting touch is more important than food, particularly when an infant is stressed. d. infants become distressed when a mother provides comfort but not food.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. comforting touch is more important than food, particularly when an infant is stressed

Explanation:

According to harlow's experiment, comforting touch that given by the parents whenever the child experiencing emotional stress will provide the sense of care and protection that make the child felt safe and taken care of.

According to the experiments, infants who constantly receive such loving treatment tend to grow up to be a more emotionally stable adults with high self-esteem compared to the child that never receive such treatment.