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Object-Person Permanence and Attachment: Another Look.
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Levitt, Mary J.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1984
Under equivalent task conditions, assessed object and person concept attainment in securely and insecurely attached infants. Subjects were 16 male and 23 female infants from middle class families. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Concept Formation, Infant Behavior, Infants
The Development of Infants' Search for Their Mothers, Unfamiliar People, and Objects.
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Bigelow, Anne E.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1995
Two experiments investigated 8-, 10-, and 12-month-old infants' levels of searching for mothers, strangers, and objects. Found that, overall, 10- and 12-month-old infants had higher levels of searching for mothers, whereas youngest infants showed no differences for searching. This discrepancy is likely due to social cognitive development and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior, Infants