secure base

a place of safety, represented by an attachment figure (e.g., a parent), that an infant uses as a base from which to explore a novel environment. The infant often returns or looks back to the parent before continuing to explore. Also called secure base phenomenon.

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successive reproduction

see repeated reproduction.