Care giver interaction (attachment)

Question 1

What is reciprocity

Answer 1

Responding to the action of another with a similar interaction

Question 2

What did Feldman and eidleman (2007) do?

Answer 2

Mothers typically pick up on and respond to infant alertness around two thirds of the time.
From around 3 months interaction is more frequent and involved close attention to verbal and facial signals.

Question 3

What did brazelton (1975) do

Answer 3

Looked and mothers and babies and saw how the baby took an active not passive role.
Both mother and child imitate each other and take turns doing so.
This sensitivity lays down foundation for later attachment

Question 4

What is intersectional synchrony

Answer 4

Two people mirror each other’s movements

Question 5

What did meltzoff and Moore (1977) do

Answer 5

Conducted the first systematic study of interactional synchrony.
They found that infants as young as 2 to 3 weeks old imitated specific facial and hand gestures
The study was conducted using an adult model who displayed one of three facial expressions or hand movements.
they found that there was an association between the infant behaviour and that of the adult model

Question 6

Strengths of care giver interaction

Answer 6

Well controlled

Highly valuable research

Question 7

Weakness of care giver interaction

Answer 7

Failure to replicate
Yeh
Problems with testing infant behaviour