"An infant's mother provides the child with food, and that fact forms the basis for attachment." The above statement is untrue. Which piece of research showed why?
A) the experiment on social referencing
B) the experiment of intersubjectivity
C) the "strange situation" experiment
D) the experiment with the terry-cloth "mothers"

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The experiment with the terry-cloth "mothers" by Harry Harlow in the 1950s showed that infant monkeys preferred a soft, terry-cloth mother surrogate even if it did not provide food, over a wire mother surrogate that did provide food. This demonstrated that contact comfort, not just the provision of food, was crucial for attachment. While the statement acknowledges the role of food in caretaking, it incorrectly simplifies the basis for attachment.

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