Caregiver - Infant Interaction^

Question 1

Whats is Caregiver - infant Interaction?

Answer 1

close two way bond
dependent on both for emotional security

Question 2

Types of Attachment

Answer 2

Primary
Secondary

Question 3

Primary Attachment

Answer 3

first person to attach to
usually mother

Question 4

Secondary Attachment

Answer 4

attach to other family members
father
formed at 18 months

Question 5

Behaviours

Answer 5

proximity
separation distress
secure - base beh

Question 6

Proximity Behaviour

Answer 6

stay close to the attached figure

Question 7

Separation Distress

Answer 7

anxious when the attached figure leaves

Question 8

Secure - Base Behaviour

Answer 8

making regular contact but can play by themselves

Question 9

Communicating Needs Types

Answer 9

Reciprocity
Interactional Synchrony

Question 10

Reciprocity

Answer 10

reciprocal interactions
respond to beh
Feldman & Eidelman
- baby signal they are ready to interact (alert phases)
- mother responds 2/3 of time
Feldman
- around 3 months the interaction becomes more frequent
- baby and mother pay more attention to each other’s signals

Question 11

Interactional Synchrony

Answer 11

temporal co-coordination of social beh
mirror beh and emotions
more mirroring = better emotional relationship/ development
Meltzoff & Moore
- observe and film in.sync. in babies
- adult does one of three expressios or gestures
- baby’s movement is more likely to mirror adult’s

Question 12

Filmed Observations

Answer 12

lab
can control distractions
observations are recorder and analysed by more than one person
- establish inter-rater reliability
baby don’t know they are being observed so no demand characteristics
data = good reliability and validity

Question 13

Difficulty Observing

Answer 13

hard to interpret baby’s beh
lack co-ordination and are almost immobile
- hard to determine what they mean
- if its triggered or random

Question 14

Developmental Importance

Answer 14

observing beh does not tell the d.i.
Feldman
- in.sync. and reciprocity are not useful in understanding child development
- don’t tell us the purpose of these beh
can’t be certain if they are important for child’s beh

Question 15

VS Developmental Importance

Answer 15

evidence to suggest that early interactions are important
Isabella et al
- in. sync. predicted the development of good quality attachment
caregive- infant attachment is important