... together."(Ainsworth, Bell, 1986 p.51) However it is also clear, that a perfect attachment doesn't mean staying together all the time but rather giving the other person a balance of protection and freedom. Bowlby further explains attachment as a "mechanism which exists to provide a balance between infants' need for safety and their need for varied learning experiences". (Cole and Cole,1996, p.240) The "Strange Situation" procedure: In a 'Strange Situation' procedure we can see how and to what extent an infant uses its mother as a secure base to explore an unknown environment and to whom it can return if danger appears. "The basic purpose of the procedure is to observe how babies respond to a stranger when they are with their mothers, when they are left alone, and when they are reunited with their mothers. Different patterns of reactions, she (Ainsworth) reasoned, would reflect different kinds of relationships." (Cole and Cole, ...

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