caregiver infant interactions

Question 1

definition of attatchment

Answer 1

a close two way emotional bond betwee two individuals, in which each indvidual sees the oher as esential for their own emotional security

Question 2

Why do we form attatchments

Answer 2

-human babies are altricial (born in relativly early tages of attatchment)
-This needs to happen in order for the adults to protect and nurture their young

Question 3

Why do some animals not form attatchments

Answer 3

Because they are preecocial (born in the advnced stages of development)

Question 4

What are the short and long term benefits of forming attatchements

Answer 4

short term = survival
long term = emotional relatonships are theorised to act as templates for future relationships

Question 5

What are the two types of caregiver-infant interactions

Answer 5

-reciprocity
-iteractional synchrony

Question 6

What is reciprocity

Answer 6

A two way intercation between caregiver and infant where they respond to eachothers signals and build an attatchment

Question 7

What phase does the baby have to be in to signal a need for interaction with their caregiver

Answer 7

An alert phase

Question 8

Fieldman (2007)

Answer 8

-found that
interaction becomes more
frequent from 3+ months…
-There is close attention to eachothers verbal ignals and facial expresions
-Babies take an active role in this process as both must initiate interactions

Question 9

What did Brazelton describe reciprocity as

Answer 9

a dance, because both partners have to respond to eachothers signals