CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS Flashcards
what did Feldman and Eidelman find?
found that new born babies respond to their mother 2/3 of the time in their periodic alert phases
what is interactional synchrony?
mirroring actions e.g. baby mirror the mother actions and emotions
what did Meltzof and Moore observe?
interactional synchrony in infants as young as 2 weeks old
what does synchrony provide?
necessary foundation for a mother-infant connection that can be built upon
what is reciprocity?
one person responds to the other
when does reciprocity become more frequent?
from 3 months onwards
what does reciprocity involve?
close attention to each other’s verbal signals and expressions
what does Brazelton et al describe reciprocity as?
as a dance as each dancer responds to the others mood
what was the baby once seen to take before in caregiver-infant interactions?
a passive role, now seen as more active
what does higher levels of synchrony lead to?
leads to higher levels of attachment
what is it hard to know when observing infants?
hard to know what is happening, could just be hand movements or changes in expression
why is it a limitation that we don’t know if the infants actions are conscious or deliberate?
we cannot understand whether the interactions have any special meaning
a strength of caregiver-infant interactions is that it uses…
well controlled procedures captured from different angles, baby doesn’t exhibit demand characteristics
since caregiver-infant interactions are well controlled, what does this increase?
increase the internal validity
what do these caregiver-infant interaction observations not tell us about?
the purpose of synchrony and reciprocity, can be observed but still doesn’t tell us the meaning
