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Harlow's original experiments involved using surrogate "mothers" to test baby monkeys, with some surrogates being abusive and others being kind - seeing if the monkeys would pick food over nurture : his experiment found most monkeys picked nurture.
Harlow's original experiments involved using surrogate "mothers" to test baby monkeys, with some surrogates being abusive and others being kind - seeing if the monkeys would pick food over nurture : his experiment found most monkeys picked nurture.


Yet as time went by Harlow grew darker and began to abuse the monkeys on a far more malicious level, creating a device he lovingly named the "[[Rape Rack]] " - a torture device that strapped female monkeys in place so male monkeys could continually rape them.
Yet as time went by Harlow grew darker and began to abuse the monkeys on a far more malicious level, creating a device he lovingly named the "[[Rape Rack]]" - a torture device that strapped female monkeys in place so male monkeys could continually rape them.


Then came Harlow's most sadistic device, a masterpiece of torture known as the Pit of Despair - it was a cage that held baby monkeys in isolation for up to a year with no physical contact, driving them into insanity that stayed with them well into adulthood.
Then came Harlow's most sadistic device, a masterpiece of torture known as the Pit of Despair - it was a cage that held baby monkeys in isolation for up to a year with no physical contact, driving them into insanity that stayed with them well into adulthood.