Posted by southernsky on December 8, 2009, at 19:19:33
In reply to Re: Depession...Chemical ?, posted by morganator on December 6, 2009, at 17:43:54
Morganator,
I agree with the biopsychosocial dynamic model. You really nicely summed that up, thanks. It reminded me of the experiment with the monkeys with the wire mother..as sad as it is to read about, it's hard to disagree that your childhood effects your behavior. We are not monkeys, but so close. Human beings have emotional needs for survival.
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In Harlow's classic experiment, two groups of baby rhesus monkeys were removed from their mothers. In the first group, a terrycloth mother provided no food, while a wire mother did, in the form of an attached baby bottle containing milk. In the second group, a terrycloth mother provided food; the wire mother did not. It was found that the young monkeys clung to the terrycloth mother whether or not it provided them with food, and that the young monkeys chose the wire surrogate only when it provided food.
Whenever a frightening stimulus was brought into the cage, the monkeys ran to the cloth mother for protection and comfort, no matter which mother provided them with food. This response decreased as the monkeys grew older.
When the monkeys were placed in an unfamiliar room with their cloth surrogate, they clung to it until they felt secure enough to explore. Once they began to explore, they occasionally returned to the cloth mother for comfort.
Monkeys placed in an unfamiliar room without their cloth mothers acted very differently. They froze in fear and cried, crouched down, or sucked their thumbs. Some even ran from object to object, apparently searching for the cloth mother, as they cried and screamed. Monkeys placed in this situation with their wire mothers exhibited the same behavior as the monkeys with no mother.
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