Caregiver-infant Interactions Flashcards
What is reciprocity
Reciprocity refers to the process in which a behaviour is matched during an interaction e.g. smiling back when someone smiles at us.
What is interactional synchrony
Interactional synchrony refers to how a parent’s speech and infant’s behaviour become finely synchronised so that they are in direct response to one another.
Who studied reciprocity
Jaffe et al (1973)
Who studied interactional synchrony
Meltzoff and Moore (1977)
What did jaffe et al’s research demonstrate?
That infants coordinated their actions to communicate
how did meltzoff and Moore conduct their study
They got adult models that displayed one of three facial expressions or Hand movements
What are the findings of meltzoff and Moore
Infants as young as 2-3 weeks old imitated specific facial and hand h gestures
What type of study was meltzoff and Moore
Systematic
Why is interactional synchrony suggested to be an innate behaviour
The babies are so young that it cant be learnt
AO3: infant-caregiver interactions
- Difficulty in reliability
- Ind diff
- Murray and trevarthen in support
