Caregiver-Infant interactions Flashcards

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Reciprocity

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Turn taking
A caregiver and infant respond to each others signals and elicits a response from the other

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Alert phases

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Babies have periodic alert phases in which they signal that they are ready for an interaction (e.g eye-contact)
- Research has found mothers pick up on and respond to their babies alertness around 2/3 of the time
- From around 3 months this interaction occurs more frequently

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Active involvement

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Both caregivers and infants can initiate interactions and they appear to take turns doing so

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Interactional synchrony

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Caregiver and baby reflect both the actions and emotions of the other and do this in a co-ordinated (synchronised) way

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Synchrony begins

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Meltzoff and Moore - observed IS in babies as young as 2 weeks old
- Adult displayed 1 of 3 facial expressions or 1 of 3 gestures
- babies response was filmed and labelled by observers
- B’s expression and gestures were likely to mirror adults
- there was significant association

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Importance for attachment

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Studies observed 30 mothers and babies together
- assessed the degree of synchrony as well as the quality of attachment
- found that high levels of synchrony were associated with better quality attachment

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C & I interactions evaluation - STRENGTH

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Filmed observations - Caregiver-infant interactions are usually filmed in a lab
- means that variables that might distract the baby can be controlled
- also using recordings can be analysed later so it is unlikely researchers will miss key behaviours
- filmed observations can establish inter-rater reliability and validity

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C & I interactions evaluation - LIMITATION

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Difficulty observing babies - hard to interpret babies behaviour
- the movements being observed are just small hand movements or subtle changes in expression
- it’s difficult to be sure whether a baby is smiling or just passing wind
- as well as we cannot know whether a movement such as a hand twitch is random or triggered by something a caregiver has done

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C & I interactions - extra evaluation

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Research into caregiver-infant interactions is socially sensitive
- it can be used to argue that when a mother returns to work too soon after having a baby this may risk damaging their baby’s development

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