caregiver and infant interaction

Question 1

Attachment

Define

Answer 1

When and infant and caregiver develop a deep and lasting emotional bond.
They both seek closeness and feel more secure when together.

Question 2

Recipricity

Define + example

Answer 2

A mutual turn taking form of interaction as the caregiver and infant contribute to interaction by responding to eachovers signals and cues.

smile/laugh at eachover

Question 3

Interactional synchrony

Define+ example

Answer 3

These actions are simultaneous and the infant and caregiver who appear to be acting rhythmically and will match and coordinate behaviour

Baby moving hands around while mother speaks

Question 4

Imitation

Define+ example

Answer 4

The infant will directly copy the caregivers expression

Caregiver smiles and so does the baby

Question 5

Sensetive responsivness

Define + example

Answer 5

The adult caregiver will correctly identify the meaning of the infants communtication

Give the baby milk or change its nappy when it shows distress

Question 6

Child directed speech/ baby talk

Define + example

Answer 6

The adult caregiver will talk in sing song, slow their speed or raise the pitch to keep the infants attention

Question 7

Baby contact

Define and example

Answer 7

Physical contact, especially skin to skin is necessary in the bonding

Breastfeeding

Question 8

Meltzoff and Moore (1977)

Positive evaluation

Answer 8

When the experimentor displayed facial gestures (stiking tounge out or looking shocked) to a 12-21 day old infant it was found that the infant did infact match the experimentors facial expression,
This showed the childs ability to observe and recipricate through imitation from an early age.

Question 9

Conder and Sander (1974)

Evaluation- positive

Answer 9

Looked at the interactions between adults and neonates and focused on the movements that the neonates had in response to adult speech and found evidence of interactional synchrony between the movements of the neonates to the adults speech.

Question 10

Positives of Caregiver and infant interaction studies

Answer 10

Many observers
observers are blind to the true aim (inter-rater reliability).
use complex cameras to capture and slow down everything to see the real interactions, this high control shows high internal validity

Question 11

Negatives of caregiver and infant interaction studies

Answer 11

Infants cant directly communicate their thoughts meaning experimentors need to use inferences which could be seen as unsceintific.
socially sensetive- people will change how they act around their children depending on study results.