Attachment

Question 1

Reciprocity

Answer 1

turn taking behaviour that takes place during a conversation

Question 2

Interactional synchrony

Answer 2

coordinated behaviour between an infant and caregiver

Question 3

Research for caregiver infant interaction

Answer 3

Meltzoff and moore

Question 4

what did meltzoff and moore investigate

Answer 4

interactional synchrony

Question 5

what did meltzoff and moore find

Answer 5

there was an association between the infant behaviour and that of the adult model

Question 6

2 strengths caregiver infant interaction

Answer 6

+ uses observations (well controlled procedures)
+ High inter observer reliability

Question 7

2 limitations of caregiver infant interaction

Answer 7

• impossible to determine cause and effect
• Socially sensitive topic

Question 8

Asocial stage

Answer 8

• infants respond in the same way to all objects
• begin to show a preference for social stimuli ( more content with people)
  (birth- 2 months)

Question 9

Indiscriminate attachments

Answer 9

-can distinguish between animate and inanimate objects
- no preference for anyone
(4 months)

Question 10

specific attachment

Answer 10

• begin to demonstrate separation anxiety and stranger anxiety
• form an attachment to primary attachment figure

Question 11

multiple attachments

Answer 11

-infant develops a wider circle of multiple attachments

Question 12

strength of stages of attachment

Answer 12

+ Baby’s behaviour was unaffected by research

Question 13

2 limitations of stages of attachment

Answer 13

• self report method of collecting data
• lacks temporal validity (childcare has changed since)

Question 14

ASCMI

Answer 14

Adaptive
Social releasers
Critical period
Monotropy
Internal working model

Question 15

strength of bowlbys theory

Answer 15

+ supporting evidence (shaffer and emerson)