caregiver- infant interactions

Question 1

what is attachment?

Answer 1

it’s a caregiver and infant interaction
-a strong, reciprocal bond between infant and caregiver for security and safety

Question 2

why are babies atricial?

Answer 2

-born at an early stage of development and form bonds(protect and nurture)

Question 3

what are precoical animals?

Answer 3

-advanced stage of development.
-foals when born are able to walk

Question 4

attachment short and long term benefits

Answer 4

short- survival
long- emotional RS as template for later RS

Question 5

how do you know an attachment has formed?

Answer 5

-promixity- physically close
-separation distress- stress when carer leaves
-secure base behaviour- regular contact w attachment figure and goes back regularly

Question 6

what are caregiver infant interactions?

Answer 6

-non verbal communication
- can form attachment basis
-respond in sensitive manner
- address any signals

Question 7

what is reciprocity ?

Answer 7

-responding to eachother
- taking turns
-non verbal
-say something to baby’s smile and may elicit a response

Question 8

what is interactional synchrony?

Answer 8

-coordination of behaviour over time e.g smile, eye contact

Question 9

what is synchronised?

Answer 9

carry out same action simultaneously
-mother and infant actions and emotions mirror the other.

Question 10

what is melizoff and moores study (1977)?

Answer 10

-a systematic study-lab exp of interactional synchrony
-infant as young as 2 to 3 weeks imitated specific facial and hand gestures
-children’s expression filmed to adult model pulling 3 faces
- there was an association between infant and adult model

Question 11

what’s the importance of attachment?
(isabella and synchrony)

Answer 11

-isabella observed 30 mothers and infants
-measured degree of synchrony
-more synchrony= better quality attachment

Question 12

key point ab correlations?

Answer 12

correlations aren’t CAUSATION
association-link

Question 13

what are alert phases?

Answer 13

-mothers respond 2/3 of the time
-varies based on mother behaviour
-stress affects
-at 3mnths interaction increases
-close attention, facial expressions

Question 14

what is active involvement?

Answer 14

-saw babies as passive
-HOWEVER, babies actually take active role (imitate actions)
-like a ‘dance’

Question 15

isabella and belsky (1997)

Answer 15

-153 mums w first born kid
-observed first at 3mnths
-up to 9mnths

Question 16

evaluating studies in international synchrony
(positives)

Answer 16

-high controlled ob= small details recorded, wont miss any behvaiours
removes EVS, no baby distractions

-filmed interactions allow for more than one observer to establish inter rater reliablity

-no demand characterstics from a baby(they dk)

-practical application- more knowledge on attachments and teachers importance
-good reliablity and validity

Question 17

evaluating studies in international synchrony(negatives)

Answer 17

• internationally-hard to draw conclusions(don’t know if it’s real intention) only see hand movements
  not very mobile
  dk babys perspective
  e.g a hand twitch or triggered by caregiver?
  purpose of certain behaviours not fully explained so is recipocity and synchorny necessary?
  counterpoint w isabella!

-observer bias- see what they hope to find

-practical issues-can’t control when baby needs to sleep/eat (have to wait for right time)

-socially sensitive- if parents don’t act in accordance makes them feel not good parent