In the case of an infant whose behaviour appears in line with Freud's slogan of "I love whoever feeds me," for the infant, what has the person doing the feeding become?

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According to Freud's theory, the person feeding the infant becomes a secondary reinforcer because the infant associates the caregiver with the primary reinforcer, which is the food.

In the Case of an Infant Whose Behaviour Appears in Line