The work of Harry Harlow established that

A) early social experience in humans is essential to normal functioning in adulthood.
B) infants do not depend on warm social interaction to survive or develop.
C) human behavior is hardly more complex than that of rhesus monkeys.
D) contact comfort is more important than feeding in the attachment process.

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Harlow's research with rhesus monkeys showed that contact comfort (the need for physical contact and warmth) was more important than feeding in the process of attachment. This contradicted the prevailing belief at the time that infants became attached to their caregiver primarily because of the feeding they provided. Harlow's work revolutionized our understanding of the importance of early social experience in development and challenged the traditional thinking about the nature of attachment.

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