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__________ pioneered the use of a procedure called the "strange situation" in studying the mother-child interactions in the home during the infant's first year.

A) Harry Harlow
B) Jerome Kagan
C) Alexander Thomas
D) Mary Ainsworth

Strange Situation

A procedure developed in psychology to assess attachment relationships between a caregiver and child, through a series of introductions, separations, and reunions.

Mary Ainsworth

A developmental psychologist best known for her work on the emotional bonds between children and their caregivers, including the Strange Situation protocol for assessing infant attachment.

Harry Harlow

An American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys, which emphasized the importance of care-giving and companionship in social and cognitive development.

  • Detail the mechanism and significance of bond formation between babies and their primary caregivers.
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