Caregiver-infant interaction

Question 1

Bodily contact?

Answer 1

physical interactions between carer and infant

Question 2

What did Klaus and Kennell compare?(bodily contact)

Answer 2

mums who had extended physical contact with their babies lasting several hours a day with mums who only had contact during feeding in the first three days of birth

Question 3

What did Klaus and Kennell find?

Answer 3

one month later, mums with greater physical contact cuddled their babies more and made greater eye contact with them

Question 4

Mimicking?

Answer 4

imitate carers facial expressions

Question 5

What did Melzoff and Moore find?(mimicking)

Answer 5

infants ages 2-3 weeks tended to mimic adults facial expressions and hand movements

Question 6

Caregiverese?

Answer 6

adults using a modified form of vocal language which is high-pitched

Question 7

What did Papousek et al find?(caregiverese)

Answer 7

tendency to use a rising tone to show an infant that it was their turn in interaction was cross cultural - American, Chinese and German

Question 8

Interactional synchrony?

Answer 8

co-ordinated rhythmic exchanges between carer and infant

Question 9

What did Condor and Sander analyse?

Answer 9

frame by frame video recordings of infants movements

Question 10

What did Condor and Sander find?

Answer 10

they co-ordinated their actions in sequence with adults speech

Question 11

Practical application of Klaus Kennel?(hospitals)

Answer 11

hospitals placed mothers and babies in the same room in days following birth rather than the previous practice of rooming them apart

Question 12

What is interactional synchrony not found in?

Answer 12

all cultures