Care-giver infant interactions Flashcards
What are the 4 stages of attachment ?
What are he corresponding ages ?
Stage 1 - Pre attachment (birth-6 weeks)
Stage 2 - Indiscriminate (6 weeks - 7 months)
Stage 3 - Discriminate (7-12 months)
Stage 4 - Multiple attachment (12+ months)
Who studied the stages of attachment ?
Schaffer and Emerson
longitudinal study
60 working class infants
Evaluate the stages of attachment study ?
+ High ecological validity
- Poor population/ temporal validity
- Culturally relative - collectivist countries
- Bowlby - multiple attachments
- Stage theory
Define reciprocity ?
two way process responding to the action of another or give another person something to respond to.
What was the study on reciprocity ?
Jaffe - turn taking
reinforce attachment bond
Define interactional synchrony ?
Mirroring actions and emotions of another person
Who studied Interactional synchrony ?
Meltzoff and Moore
3 distinct facial features and gestures
Filmed the child’s response
found an association
reinforce the attachment bond
What are the two ways of reinforcing an attachment bond between the child and caregiver ?
Reciprocity
Interactional synchrony
Evaluate reciprocity and interactional synchrony
PCCDI
- problems with testing, infants in constant motion
- culturally bias, R and IS not found in every country E.g. Kenya
+ Controlled observation, filmed, independent observers
- Describe not explain the behaviours, Feldman
+ Imitative behaviour forms basis for social interactions
What is the role of the father ?
Lamb
attachment formed through play
Evaluate the role of the father ?
+ Importance to the mother as well
+ Benefits to children long term
+ Can prevent negative outcomes
+ Rederson, small sample
- MacCallum and Golombok, develop the same without the role of the father
