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Pit of despair

device used by Harry Harlow to study rhesus monkeys
Event psychological_experiment Q7198576
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Pit of despair

Summary

Pit of despair is a psychological experiment[1]. It draws 385 Wikipedia views per month (psychological_experiment category, ranking #7 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pit of despair is credited with the discovery of Harry Harlow[3].
  • Pit of despair's instance of is recorded as psychological experiment[4].
  • Pit of despair's subclass of is recorded as cage[5].
  • Pit of despair's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bq2fl[6].

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Works and Contributions

Pit of despair is credited with the discovery of Harry Harlow[3].

Why It Matters

Pit of despair draws 385 Wikipedia views per month (psychological_experiment category, ranking #7 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Pit of despair. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pit-of-despair
MLA “Pit of despair.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pit-of-despair.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pit-of-despair_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Pit of despair}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pit-of-despair}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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