Attachment Flashcards
What is the definition of attachment?
A close two-way bond between two individuals in which each individual sees the other as essential for their emotional security
What is meant by reciprocity?
Where an infant responds to the action of another person in a turn taking way (like a conversation)
What is meant by interactional synchrony?
The mother and infant reflect both the actions and emotions of the other and they do this in a co-ordinated and synchronised way
What is meant by sensitive responsiveness?
The caregivers ability to recognise and respond appropriately to an infants signals
What is meant by imitation?
Infant mimicking the caregivers actions or expressions/gestures
What is meant by motherese?
The high pitched, exaggerated and slow speech that caregivers use when talking to infants
