While we take it as just a fact of life today, before the 1950s and 1960s, many experts on child development treated affection as more of a luxury rather than a necessity. A psychologist named Harry ...

She also cites the work of psychologist Harry Harlow, who was strongly influenced ... have a core motivation for love and affection as children and that a mother’s comfort is what develops ...

Harry Harlow received his BA and PhD (1930) in psychology from Stanford University and immediately joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin. Within a year, he had established the ...

Harry Harlow received his BA and PhD (1930) in psychology from Stanford University and immediately joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin. Within a year, he had established the ...