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Attachment, Exploration, and Separation: Illustrated by the Behavior of One-Year-Olds in a Strange Situation

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Education, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

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Medicine, Human Development, Psychology +12

A reinforcement model of imprinting: Implications for socialization in monkeys and men.

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Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12

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Richard H. Passman, Paul Weisberg · Developmental Psychology · 1975 · 83 citations

Education, Human Development, Psychology +15

Providing attachment objects to facilitate learning and reduce distress: Effects of mothers and security blankets.

Richard H. Passman · Developmental Psychology · 1977 · 71 citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Child Development +13