the Rhesus Macaque: a monkey species with high similarities to humans. Rhesus Macaque have been used in psychological research because of their complex cognitive-behavioural abilities …

In Harlow’s rhesus monkey experiment, Harlow placed monkeys in separate cages to isolate them, or leave alone without any interaction. In the cages with the monkeys, he placed a cloth. …

Harlow did the experiment on rhesus monkeys because he wanted to understand friendship and companionship on a mental basis. The Harlow monkey experiments took place in the 1950’s.

Nevertheless many researchers studying animal emotions believe that humans are not the only animals to experience emotion. In 1988 at the University of Zurich, Eduard Stammbach set up …

A Criticism of ‘cupboard love theory’, were Harlow’s study involving rhesus monkeys (1959). He separated new born monkeys from their mothers and raised them in a cage each containing a …