Blanket-attached and nonattached children (32.5 months of age) were exposed to a novel play setting involving either the child's mother, blanket, favorite hard toy, or no object at all. Blanket-attached children with blankets present showed no distress and explored and played (a) as much as children with their mothers present, (b) more than blanket-nonattached children in situations when blankets were available, and (c) more than all children in situations where the favorite toy or no object was available. When the familiar object was subsequently removed from the playroom, children previously exposed to their mothers postponed distress behavior more than those exposed to the other objects.

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The effects of the presence of an attachment object upon preschoolers' emotionality and discrimination performance in a novel learning situation were evaluated. Maternal ratings were used to select 30 blanket-attached and 30 blanketnonattached children. Either their mother, security blanket, or no familiar object was nearby while the children could key press for candy reward when a cue was given. Children with mothers and blanket-attached children with blankets demonstrated no differences in discrimination performance and distress postponement, but they were superior to blanket-nonattached children with blankets and to children with no familiar object available.