Caregiver-infant interactions

Question 1

What is reciprocity?

Answer 1

Responding to the action of someone else with a similar action
the actions of one partner elicit a response from the other partner. These responses are not necessarily similar like interactional synchrony

Question 2

What is an example of reciprocity?

Answer 2

smiling - when a smile occurs in an infant it triggers a smile in the caregiver and vice versa

Question 3

What did Jaffe et al in 1973 argue?

Answer 3

infants coordinate their actions with caregivers as if engaged in conversation

Question 4

What did Brazelton (1979) argue?

Answer 4

Reciprocity is an important precursor to later communications

Question 5

What is interactional synchrony?

Answer 5

a form of rhythmic interaction between an infant and a caregiver involving the mirroring of facial and body movements. This includes imitating emotions as well as behaviours

Question 6

Give an example of interactional synchrony

Answer 6

for example Metzoff ‘s study showed interactional synchrony of tongue protusions