Lewis et al(1985) supported and furthered this research and found that infants who were judged to be insecurely attached at 6 months, tended to display self-recognition earlier than those infants who were classified as securely attached. It could be assumed that infants who are securely attachment would display earlier development of self-recognition and those with less-secure attachment might achieve this individuation at a later stage. However, infants with a model of insecurity and remained unresponsive and/or unpredictable displayed earlier self-recognition can be explained by their need to be more alert to depending on the circumstances or environments that had a direct effect to what they saw in the mirror and how they felt about themselves.
