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Infant Attachment

There has been many studies today on the attachment that an infant has with its parents’ and surrounding objects. Once an infant has become familiar with any given object or any human, they tend to keep close in range. When that object or human is taken away from the infant they may begin to feel uncomfortable and it may throw the child off causing it to become confused and irritable.
The main purpose of the studies is to show the close relationship and bond that a child has between itself and something else. Researchers wanted to explain that a child can become accustomed to a particular surrounding in which they get attached to and may cause their attitude to change when the object is tampered with. The study refers to infants interacting with other humans, objects, or even in different situations and surroundings.
During one study (developmental Psychology/yahoo/unknown author) the researchers used monkeys to obtain their information for some of the research. They gave different kinds of monkeys blankets to see how they would react with them in different situations. They also performed a test called the “strange situation test”, which they placed the mother and the infant in an unusual setting to record the behavior of the infant. They came upon the conclusion that the way an infant reacts depends upon how and where they were raised, gender and also from what they...

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