caregiver infant interactions

Question 1

what’s reciprocity

Answer 1

responding to action with similar action, action of one person brings out a response from another.

Question 2

who talked about reciprocity

Answer 2

jaffe et al 1973

brazelton 1979

Question 3

what’s intersectional synchrony

Answer 3

when 2 people interact they mirror what they other is doing with facial or body movements, imitating behaviour

Question 4

meltzoff and moore 1977

Answer 4

conducted a systematic study, found infants young as 2 and 3 weeks imitated special facial and hand gestures, (sticking tongue out, opening mouth and pouting)

Question 5

findings of meltzoff and moores study

Answer 5

intersectionsl synchrony is innate and reduces the strength of any claim that imitative behaviour is learned

Question 6

how old were they when shown imitation

Answer 6

babies young as 2-3weeks , later studies showed as old as 3 DAYS

Question 7

limitation

Answer 7

failure to replicate - koepke tried to replicate, however meltzoff said it’s because it was less carefully controlled. has not been replicated since, less valid.

Question 8

limitation

Answer 8

infants mouths are constantly moving and the expressions tested occur frequently (sticking tongue, yawning etc) makes it difficult to measure behaviour

Question 9

strength

Answer 9

intentionality support