Sunday, February 5, 2012
monkeys like babies
I think Harlows experiments should not be repeated because they are unethical. the rule of thumb is usually if it would be unethical against a human child its usually unethical against an animal. imagine if someone were to steal babies from their hospital beds and raise them in isolation in metal cage just to run tests on them. We just learned how similar monkeys were to humans so clearly this experiment is wrong.
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I like how Mia related it to the experiment being the same as doing it on a human baby and ruining their chance of having a normal life. Anthropologists already said that humans and monkeys are somewhat alike, so this experiment was unnecessary
i also enjoy the use of a monkey and human child as a parallel and how if the developmental stages are severally compromised then the rest of the child or monkey's life will be ruined.
Great comparison. Many animals don't have the same thought patterns as humans, however monkeys seem to, and it causes many issues.
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