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secure attachment insecure attachment egocentrism emotion infant and toddler development strange situation experiment loneliness imprinting Developmental psychology

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Mary Salter Ainsworth

American Canadian developmental psychologist

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John Bowlby

British developmental psychologist and psychiatrist