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How can we tell if an animal is emotionally attached to someone or something?
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How can we tell if an animal is emotionally attached to someone or something? "Attachment refers to an exclusive, relatively enduring affective bond that one individual (person or animal) forms between himself and another specific individual" (Cairns, RB, 1979). This essay will address the question; 'how can we tell if an animal is emotionally attached to someone or something'. Introducing the terms and concepts involved within attachment will develop the answer initially. The essay will explore methods used to measure and test attachment such as separation and preference tests with reference to studies such as Harlow 1958, Hess 1958, Topal 1998 and Jensen & Tolman (1962 cited in Cairns 1979). The essay will consider the attachments made between an animal and it's young, it's mate and it's owner. The essay will be written from the point of view that certain animals do form strong emotional attachments; this stance...
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