stranger+anxiety

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= Definition: = A fear of strangers common in infants at about 6 months and increasing in intensity until about 12 months, and then declining in the second year. Gen Psych, Ch 8, pp. 257

= Examples: = When a person the baby has not met yet wants to hold the baby, the baby will cry and cling to his/her mother.



= Analogies: = Seperation anxiety could also be like stranger anxiety.

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