René Spitz

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René Spitz

Austrian-born psychoanalyst

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infant stimulation program
Emergence of modern infant stimulation programs
…the 1940s, when Austrian-born psychoanalyst René Spitz showed that long-term hospitalization of foundling infants with little or no stimulation was associated with abnormal behavioral development. In the 1950s, American psychologist Harry Harlow showed that monkeys raised in isolation (i.e., without maternal stimulation) displayed abnormal development. These findings indicated a potential…
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…the 1940s, when Austrian-born psychoanalyst René Spitz showed that long-term hospitalization of foundling infants with little or no stimulation was associated with abnormal behavioral development. In the 1950s, American psychologist Harry Harlow showed that monkeys raised in isolation (i.e., without maternal stimulation) displayed abnormal development. These findings indicated a potential…
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