In a clinical research nursery, newborn infants were placed in sterile isolation pods and fed using automated mechanical bottle-holders to minimize infection risk. The nursing staff rarely held, touched, or interacted with the babies during their scheduled feeds.
Explain why learning theory suggests infants cared for in this way would struggle to form an attachment to their caregivers.
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