Caregiver infant interactions

Question 1

Sensitive responsiveness

Answer 1

recognising and responding appropriately to infants needs

Question 2

Interactional synchrony

Answer 2

Mirroring
Respond to each other at the same time, in a simultaneous way

Question 3

Reciprocity

Answer 3

Turn taking
Respond to each others actions with a similar action

Question 4

Meltzoff and Moore

Answer 4

Interactional synchrony research support, found IS in babies as young as 2 weeks, mirrored the experimenter

Question 5

Isabella et al

Answer 5

found high levels of synchrony associated with better quality infant-mother attachment

Question 6

AO3 - controlled labs/obs

Answer 6

high control of extraneous variables - high internal validity
BUT demand characteristics - controlled is unnatural

Question 7

AO3 - filming

Answer 7

use of camera equipment - observe all details, rewatch, show to other observers

Question 8

AO3 - babies hard to observe

Answer 8

inferences must be made because can’t communicate, may be unscientific, subjective

can’t determine if actions are meaningful or not

Question 9

AO3 - social sensitivity

Answer 9

isabella et all found high levels of synchrony associated with better quality attachments - people could use this to argue against mothers returning to work