Caregiver and infant interaction: session 12

Question 1

What is attachment?

Answer 1

Close two way emotional bond between two individuals who see each other as essential for emotional security

Question 2

What are examples of attachment behaviours?

Answer 2

• proximity: people try to stay physically close
• separation distress: distressed when attachment figure leaves
• secure base behaviour: explore environment but return to attachment figure for comfort

Question 3

What is reciprocity?

Answer 3

How two people interact

Question 4

What is interactional synchrony?

Answer 4

Mother and infant reflect both the actions and emotions of each other

Question 5

Who investigated Interactional synchrony.

Answer 5

Meltzoff and Moore

Question 6

How did Meltzoff and Moore investigate interactional synchrony?

Answer 6

• adults displayed 1/3 facial expressions and child’s response was filmed
• observation

Question 7

What was Meltzoff and Moores conclusion?

Answer 7

• imitation occurs at ages as young as 2 weeks
• infants cane make adult faces like sticking their tongue out or opening their mouth meaning imitation is an innate behaviour not learned

Question 8

What was Grossmans aim?

Answer 8

How important are fathers in children’s development and do they have a distinct role

Question 9

What Grossmans study long or short term?

Answer 9

Longterm

Question 10

What was Grossmans procedure?

Answer 10

He looked at both parents behaviour and its relationship to children’s attachment

Question 11

What were Grossmans findings?

Answer 11

• quality of infant attachment with mother relates to attachments in adolescence
• father attachment less important
• quality of father play relates to infants attachment