1 care giver interactions ao1 and ao3

Question 1

What is ‘reciprocity’

Answer 1

• refers to how two people interact, e.g responding to each others signals and eliciting a reponse from one another

Question 2

what is interactional synchrony

Answer 2

when people behaviour is in unison

Question 3

what is a caregiver- infant interaction

Answer 3

social interactions required to develop an attachment between a baby and their caregiver

Question 4

what is a study for interactional synchrony

Answer 4

meltzoff and moore

Question 5

what was their aim

Answer 5

to see if parents and babies demostrate interactional synchrony

Question 6

what was the procedure

Answer 6

an adult displayed 1 of 3 facial expressions , Childs responses was filmed and identified by independent observers

Question 7

what was the conclusion

Answer 7

babies are able to synchronise their actions with adults

Question 9

strength 1

Answer 9

P - interactions are usually filmed in a lab

E - means other things that can distract a baby is controlled, also using films means observations can be recorded and analysed later on, unlikely they will miss key behaviours,

E - babies dont know when they’re being observed, so their behaviour does not change in response to being observed

L - therefore the data will have good relability and validity

Question 10

limitation 1

Answer 10

P - hard to interpret a baby’s behaviour

E - lack co ordination, movements being observed are small hand movements or subtle changes in expression , difficult to be sure

E - e.g whether a baby is smiling or just passing wind, also we can’t tell what’s happening from babies prespective e.g hand twitch is random or triggered by something caregiver has done

L -