From Chaos comes Beauty

benwattsphoto: The Strokes Milk Studios NYC - OutTakes

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:18:25 -0400

benwattsphoto:

The Strokes

Milk Studios NYC - OutTakes

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testlipps: Russell James loves Donna Karan

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:40:06 -0500

testlipps:

Russell James loves Donna Karan

scipsy: [Biology: An Inquiry into the Nature of Life (via...

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:39:55 -0500

scipsy:

[Biology: An Inquiry into the Nature of Life (via Reanimation Library - Catalog)]

Love is a wondrous state, deep, tender, and rewarding. Because of its intimate and personal nature it is regarded by some as an improper topic for experimental research. But, whatever our personal feelings may be, our assigned mission as psychologists is to analyze all facets of human and animal behavior into their component variables. So far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists have failed in this mission. The little we know about love does not transcend simple observation, and the little we write about it has been written better by poets and novelists. But of greater concern is the fact that psychologists tend to give progressively less attention to a motive which pervades our entire lives. Psychologists, at least psychologists who write textbooks, not only show no interest in the origin and development of love or affection, but they seem to be unaware of its very existence.

These are the first lines of the classic paper by Harry F. Harlow: The Nature of Love (1958)

In that paper Harlow describe one of the most fundamental experiment of the history of psychology.

In Harlow’s classic experiment, two groups of baby rhesus monkeys were removed from their mothers. In the first group, a terrycloth mother provided no food, while a wire mother did, in the form of an attached baby bottle containing milk. In the second group, a terrycloth mother provided food; the wire mother did not. It was found that the young monkeys clung to the terrycloth mother whether or not it provided them with food, and that the young monkeys chose the wire surrogate only when it provided food.

Whenever a frightening stimulus was brought into the cage, the monkeys ran to the cloth mother for protection and comfort, no matter which mother provided them with food. This response decreased as the monkeys grew older.

When the monkeys were placed in an unfamiliar room with their cloth surrogate, they clung to it until they felt secure enough to explore. Once they began to explore, they occasionally returned to the cloth mother for comfort. Monkeys placed in an unfamiliar room without their cloth mothers acted very differently. They froze in fear and cried, crouched down, or sucked their thumbs. Some even ran from object to object, apparently searching for the cloth mother, as they cried and screamed. Monkeys placed in this situation with their wire mothers exhibited the same behavior as the monkeys with no mother.

Once the monkeys reached an age where they could eat solid foods, they were separated from their cloth mothers for three days. When they were reunited with their mothers, they clung to them and did not venture off to explore as they had in previous situations. Harlow concluded from this that the need for contact comfort was stronger than the need to explore.

The study found that monkeys who were raised with either a wire mother or a cloth mother gained weight at the same rate. However, the monkeys that had only a wire mother had trouble digesting the milk and suffered from diarrhea more frequently. Harlow’s interpretation of this behavior, which is still widely accepted, was that a lack of contact comfort is psychologically stressful to the monkeys. (via wikipedia)

nevver: Rocket to Nowhere

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:39:45 -0500

nevver:

Rocket to Nowhere

blinkanditsover: (by katie de bruycker)

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:23:03 -0500

blinkanditsover:

(by katie de bruycker)

sexiest man to ever walk this earth or any other!

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:27:07 -0500

sexiest man to ever walk this earth or any other!

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Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:15:21 -0500

silverlinedhearts: 87daysbefore: I will always reblog pictures...

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:38:54 -0500

silverlinedhearts:

87daysbefore:

I will always reblog pictures of pigs.

AND MY TUMBLR THANKS YOU FOR THIS.

/pig appreciation life

ruineshumaines: Aurora borealis taken 13 of december 2010. (by...

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:37:56 -0500

ruineshumaines:

Aurora borealis taken 13 of december 2010. (by Jóhanna Kristín Hauksdóttir)

pulmonaire: Under My Umbrella. (by Garbo Yau)

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:55:07 -0500

pulmonaire:

Under My Umbrella. (by Garbo Yau)

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:57:20 -0500

fuckyeahinstagrams: via mixwwp @mixwwp

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:44:03 -0500

fuckyeahinstagrams:

via mixwwp @mixwwp

whitehotel: John McCracken, Magic (2008)

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:07:46 -0500

whitehotel:

John McCracken, Magic (2008)

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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:07:37 -0500

skysignal: Photograph by Cyril Ruoso. Not yet two, a golden...

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:30:18 -0500

skysignal:

Photograph by Cyril Ruoso.

Not yet two, a golden snub-nosed monkey perches in a highland forest in China’s Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve. Maturity comes by age seven.

China’s golden snub-nosed monkey is one of five related species—remnants of once widespread populations whose ranges were squeezed by climate change after the last ice age.

nevver: Out of Blue

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:52:44 -0500

nevver:

Out of Blue

tigertears: Warm vs Cool (by Meghan Trimaloff)

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:03:50 -0500

tigertears:

Warm vs Cool (by Meghan Trimaloff)