The pictured wire figure with nursing bottle was actually used in experiments examining bonding in primates. Another version included cloth padding, and was preferred over the bare wire one by baby monkeys. But all the monkeys “cared for” by these parental surrogates grew into adults with profound relational deficiencies. And none of them ever got a “Mom” tattoo.
The pictured wire figure with nursing bottle was actually used in experiments examining bonding in primates. Another version included cloth padding, and was preferred over the bare wire one by baby monkeys. But all the monkeys “cared for” by these parental surrogates grew into adults with profound relational deficiencies. And none of them ever got a “Mom” tattoo.