Attachment: Caregiver Infant Interactions

Question 1

What is attachment?

Answer 1

An emotional bond between two people, it’s a two way process and develops over time

Question 2

What is reciprocity?

Answer 2

When each person responds to the other and elicit a response (turn taking)

Question 3

Who describes reciprocity as a dance?

Answer 3

Brazelton et al- because each one responds to the others movements

Question 4

What is interactional synchrony?

Answer 4

Perform the same actions at the same time: micro level social behaviour (Feldman 2007) mirror actions

Question 5

What did Isabella et al do?

Answer 5

Observed 30 mothers and infants (as young as 2 weeks old)

An adult displayed 1/3 facial expressions or distinct gestures. Childs response was filmed and watched by an independent observer. Found babies imitated expression showed by caregiver.

Question 6

What did Isabella et al find?

Answer 6

Higher levels of synchrony were associated with better quality attachments

Question 7

Reciprocity and Interactional Synchrony AO3

Answer 7

Are babies imitations deliberate?
-questions validity

Well controlled procedures
-high in inter-rater reliability

Socially sensitive (Isabella)
-has implications

Not found in all cultures
-(Kenyan mothers) ethnocentric