The purpose of the research was to observe how conditions of novelty and alarm would influence the balance of behaviors of exploration and attachment and to what extent the infant was able to use its mother as a secure foundation from which he could explore. Further, they researchers sought to observe to what extent the attachment behavior might control the infant 's exploration when a stranger was present during separation and representation of the
The purpose of the research was to observe how conditions of novelty and alarm would influence the balance of behaviors of exploration and attachment and to what extent the infant was able to use its mother as a secure foundation from which he could explore. Further, they researchers sought to observe to what extent the attachment behavior might control the infant 's exploration when a stranger was present during separation and representation of the