Abnormal behaviour patterns developing in chimpanzee infants during nursery care : A note
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During mildly understimulating nursery care, chimpanzee babies and infants developed various abnormal behavior patterns. These patterns were nearly always lacking during care by a chimpanzee mother. The abnormalities closely resembled those known of human infants. It was attempted to attribute their development to a restricted possibility of showing behaviour directed to the caretaker. Redirected clasping could be attributed to a lack of clinging to an adult. Body rocking developed when locomotion was hampered. The aetiology of digit sucking was inconclusive, but compatible with the hypothesis that it arose if babies fell asleep while alone. It is suggested that these infantile deviant behavior patterns can be used as indications for an optimal adjustment of parental behaviour to the needs of a particular infant.
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TNO Identifier
228467
ISSN
00219630
Source
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 19(4), pp. 387-391.
Pages
387-391
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