Patterns of the Attachment-Exploration Balance of One Year Old Infants from Northern U.S. America and Northern Germany. In this study, the attachment-exploration balance of one year old infants is analyzed with two cultural samples. 19 Northern German and 19 U.S. American 12 months old infants were observed in a novel and a familiar setting together with their mothers. The expected mutually exclusive regulation of attachment and exploration is demonstrated for both samples.
Infants refer more to their mothers in novel situations, and explore more in familiar situations.
However, the balance between these two systems seems to be established differently in the two samples.