Attatchment Flashcards
Why is studding early attachments important?
It can be applied to real life situations.
What are attachments?
A connection on an emotional level between two people. This is shown in behaviour.
How do we know if two people have an attachment?
It is shown in a mutual relationship.
Why are early attachments important?
Not having these connections between certain people, such as primary care-giver and newborn, this will result in negative behaviour further down the relationship.
Define reciprocity
idea of co-ordinate actions from infants. This is basic communication rhythm, it is important for forming attachments.
Interactional synchrony
Caused by infants imitating the emotions/behaviours of their care giver. Synchrony is used as both parties are moving in the same pattern.
(Meltzoff and Moore (1977)) what type of study was carried out
Event sampling
(Meltzoff and Moore (1977)) Briefly describe the procedure
- Viewed footage in real time, slow time and frame-by-frame.
- They gave 4 different stimuli for babies to copy (tongue/lip prostitution, mouth opening and hand gesture was also tested)
- Goal was to observe behaviour
- Someone viewed the footage to verify it.
what does inter-observer reliability mean?
2+ observers agree on the subject
(Meltzoff and Moore (1977)) what was found in the study?
the babies behaviour was innate
What does innate mean?
Natural - something you are born with
what two ways can you observe participants volunteers (subjects are inappropriate)
Naturalistic and controlled
What is naturalistic observing?
Would use familiar facilities to participants.
Covert -not openly acknowledged or displayed.
What is controlled observing?
often taking to an external facility
Overt - where participants are aware
often demand characteristics occurs, this is when people act differently
What is Time sampling?
Observations collecting every interval e.g. 30s
