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| Attachment Behavior | 3 |
| Infant Behavior | 3 |
| Infants | 3 |
| Parent Child Relationship | 3 |
| Stranger Reactions | 3 |
| Fathers | 2 |
| Mothers | 2 |
| Affiliation Need | 1 |
| Behavioral Science Research | 1 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Observation | 1 |
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| Developmental Psychology | 3 |
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| Lamb, Michael E. | 3 |
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Peer reviewedLamb, Michael E. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
This study shows that 12-month-old infants direct more distal/affiliative behaviors to their fathers and show no preference between parents in proximal/attachment behaviors. However, with a stranger present, more proximal/attachment behaviors are directed toward the mother with no preference shown in distal/affiliative behaviors. (JMB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infant Behavior, Infants, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedLamb, Michael E. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
Twenty infants were observed at home interacting with their mothers, fathers, and an unfamiliar investigator when they were 15, 18, 21, and 24 months of age. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Infant Behavior, Infants
Peer reviewedLamb, Michael E. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Twenty 18-month-olds were observed interacting with their mothers and fathers in a structured laboratory setting. Assessed were affiliation and attachment behaviors when the infant was alone with either the mother or father or with both parents and when stranger entered. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Early Childhood Education
