Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection by Deborah Blum. It presents an in-depth case study of how a psychologist and his team brought us a new vision of child development through a systematic research program
Journal Entry 1: The Invention of Harry Harlow.
Journal Entry 2: Untouched by Humans Hands.
Make sure you address the following questions in your journal entry.
(a) What did you learn about the nature of research? For example, how would a researcher try to innovate? How does one come up with research questions? How is one study built upon another?
(b) What did you learn about the lives of psychologists? For example, what aspects of their personal lives buffer or compromise their professional achievements? Does one's personality matter?
(c) What did you learn about how research findings influence people's daily life?
(d) How does reading the book lead you to think differently about child development?