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In a Series of Experiments,Harlow (1958)raised Baby Rhesus Monkeys in Isolation

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In a series of experiments,Harlow (1958) raised baby rhesus monkeys in isolation from other rhesus monkeys but with access to two "mother surrogates," one made of cloth and the other made of wire and able to provide milk.Which of the following statements best describes the results of these experiments?


A) The monkeys spent more time with the wire mothers because of the food that they offered.
B) The monkeys who preferred the wire mothers were introverted and dismissive of their monkey peers in adolescence.
C) The monkeys suffered from isolation, preferred the comfort of the cloth mother, and were highly fearful of their monkey peers in adolescence.
D) Regardless of whether their surrogates were made of cloth or wire, all the monkeys developed normally, interacting with other monkeys once reaching adolescence, just as if they had been raised with rhesus monkeys from birth.

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