![]() ![]() Gua’s rate of development was much faster than the boy’s, especially in the motor skills of climbing and jumping. Like most children, she made a fuss when the ‘parents’ went out and left them alone. She imitated human gestures and ways of showing affection, like hugging and kissing Donald and the parents. She could eat with a spoon, drink from a glass, and open doors before the boy acquired those abilities. ![]() Kellogg found that the chimpanzee was able to take on many human ways. The experiment was carried out with a careful day-by-day record of observations, films, and tests for a period of nine months. No special effort was made to teach Gua spectacular stunts but rather to teach her the same things a fond parent would do with a baby girl. She was wheeled in a carriage, sat in a high chair, slept in a bed, and was kissed good night. The chimpanzee was dressed like an infant, in napkins and later in rompers. Their purpose was to learn what similarities and differences would develop between Donald and Gua if treated alike in every detail. Kellogg and his wife took into their Florida home a female chimpanzee, Gua, seven and a half months old when their son, Donald, was ten months old. Gua and Donald Winthrop Niles Kellogg (1898 – 1972) was a psychologist best known for his study The Ape and the Child, which involved his observations of raising a chimpanzee infant along with his son. ![]()
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