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This study, directly observing infant response to strangers and separation from the mother, supports Benjamin's contention that early forms of anxiety are separable phenomena, closely related to each but not identically determined. The period of greatest intensity for stranger anxiety is seven to nine months; for separation anxiety from thirteen to eighteen months. Girls have a higher mean of stranger anxiety; boys, a higher mean of separation anxiety.