Harry Harlow
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Harry Frederick Harlow (October 31, 1905 – December 6, 1981) was an American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys, which demonstrated the importance of care-giving and companionship in social and cognitive development. He conducted most of his research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow worked for a time with him.
Harlow's experiments were controversial; they included rearing infant macaques in isolation chambers for up to 24 months, from which they emerged severely disturbed. Some researchers cite the experiments as a factor in the rise of the animal liberation movement in the United States.
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Timeline
| Year | Event |
| 1905 | Born October 31 in Fairfield, Iowa Son of Alonzo and Mabel (Rock) Israel |
| 1930-44 | Staff, University of Wisconsin–Madison Married Clara Mears |
| 1939-40 | Carnegie Fellow of Anthropology at Columbia University |
| 1944-74 | George Cary Comstock Research Professor of Psychology |
| 1946 | Divorced Clara Mears |
| 1948 | Married Margaret Kuenne |
| 1947-48 | President, Midwestern Psychological Association |
| 1950-51 | President of Division of Experimental Psychology, American Psychological Association |
| 1950-52 | Head of Human Resources Research Branch, Department of the Army |
| 1953-55 | Head of Division of Anthropology and Psychology, National Research Council |
| 1956 | Howard Crosby Warren Medal for outstanding contributions to the field of experimental psychology |
| 1956-74 | Director of Primate Lab, University of Wisconsin |
| 1958-59 | President, American Psychological Association |
| 1959,65 | Sigma Xi National Lecturer |
| 1960 | Distinguished Psychologist Award, American Psychological Association Messenger Lecturer at Cornell University |
| 1961-71 | Director of Regional Primate Research Center |
| 1964-65 | President of Division of Comparative & Physiological Psychology, American Psychological Association |
| 1967 | National Medal of Science |
| 1970 | Death of his spouse, Margaret |
| 1971 | Harris Lecturer at Northwestern University Remarried Clara Mears |
| 1972 | Martin Rehfuss Lecturer at Jefferson Medical College Gold Medal from American Psychological Foundation Annual Award from Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality |
| 1974 | University of Arizona (Tucson) Honorary Research Professor of Psychology |
| 1975 | Von Gieson Award from New York State Psychiatric Institute |
| 1976 | International Award from Kittay Scientific Foundation |
| 1981 | Died December 6, 1981 |
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Early papers
- The effect of large cortical lesions on learned behavior in monkeys. Science. 1950.
- Retention of delayed responses and proficiency in oddity problems by monkeys with preoccipital ablations. Am J Psychol. 1951.
- Discrimination learning by normal and brain operated monkeys. J Genet Psychol. 1952.
- Incentive size, food deprivation, and food preference. J Comp Physiol Psychol. 1953.
- Effect of cortical implantation of radioactive cobalt on learned behavior of rhesus monkeys. J Comp Physiol Psychol. 1955.
- The effects of repeated doses of total-body x radiation on motivation and learning in rhesus monkeys. J Comp Physiol Psychol. 1956.
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