This study involved a American children being placed a room with his/her mother with a number of situations taking place including the mother leaving the child alone and a stranger entering room. ... There are, however, arguable gaps in Bowlby's research allowing for questions to be raised concerning his hypothesis. ... The two groups were tested a number a times using intelligence tests up to the age of twelve. ... One of these studies in question was conducted by Shea (1981) who videotaped three and four year old children in the playground during their first ten weeks at nursery school....

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