On the Motivational Bases for Attachment Behavior.

Jones, Susan Scanlon

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ERIC Number: EJ334832

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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On the Motivational Bases for Attachment Behavior.

Jones, Susan Scanlon

Developmental Psychology, v21 n5 p848-57 Sep 1985

Tested two models of the relationship between a hypothetical attachment mechanism and an incompatible motivation (a tendency to explore) by pitting two levels of attachment motivation against two levels of exploratory motivation among 15- to 18-month-old infants, alternating freely between play with novel toys at one end of the room and visits with their mother at the other end. (HOD)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Attention Control, Behavior Patterns, Exploratory Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Motivation, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Parent Child Relationship, Play, Proximity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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