Caregiver-infant Interaction

Question 1

What is an attachment

Answer 1

A close two-way emotional based bond between two individuals in which each individual sees the other as essential for their own emotional security

Question 2

Define proximity in attachment

Answer 2

people try to be physically close to those to whom they’re attached to

Question 3

Define stranger anxiety

Answer 3

Feeling anxious when a stranger appears in relation to your current attachment

Question 4

Define separation anxiety

Answer 4

Show distress when separated from their attachment figure

Question 5

Define interactional synchrony

Answer 5

Adults an babies respond in time to sustain communication

Example
Clapping at the same time

Question 6

Define reciprocity

Answer 6

Interaction between adult and baby as a two way process responding to others signals

Example
You smile at baby, baby smiles back

Question 7

Define imitation

Answer 7

Infant mimics the adults behaviour

Question 8

Define sensitive responsiveness

Answer 8

Adult attends sensitively to infant communication

Question 9

Who investigated interactional synchrony between caregivers and infants

Answer 9

Meltzoff and Moore (1977)

Question 10

How old were infants in meltzoff and moores research

Answer 10

12-27 days old

Question 11

What are the 3 gestures that meltzoff and Moore tried to get infants to imitate

Answer 11

Tounge protrusion
Lip protrusion
Mouth opening

Question 12

True or False
Did meltzoff and Moore use independent observers

Answer 12

TRUE
They used independent observers (not the original researchers)

Question 13

What does the independent observers in meltzoff and moores study mean there’s no effect of what

Answer 13

No investigator effects

Question 14

What were the results of the meltzoff and moores study

Answer 14

Infants as young as 12 days old could imitate both facial and manual gestures

Question 15

What was the conclusion of meltzoff and moores study (1977)

Answer 15

The ability to imitate is an important building block for later development therefore must be innate

Question 16

A strength of caregiver interactions

Answer 16

P: a strength of caregiver interaction is that there is research to support its existence from metzoff and Moore
E: meltzoff and Moore showed evidence of interactional synchrony in infants as young as 12 days old as these infants were seen to imitate facial gestures such as mouth opening, tounge and lip protrusion
E: this suggests that interaction synchrony is present from a young age and is likely to be an innate behaviour, with the purpose of supporting an attachment between infant and caregiver.
L: this therefore supports the validity of interactional synchrony being an element of caregiver infant interaction

Question 17

A weakness care giver interaction

Answer 17

P:A limitation of caregiver interaction is the practical effects of Moore and meltzoffs research.
E:For example the research’s practical issues when investigating infants, ages 12-27 days old, is that they are going to cry, need feeding and also sleep which can interrupt/ limit research.
L: This will lead to difficulties conducting research especially over long periods of time.