Caregiver Infant Interactions

Question 1

What is reciprocity

Answer 1

One person responds to the interaction of the other turn taking

Question 2

What is an alert phase

Answer 2

A period where an infant signals that they are ready for a spell of interaction

(becomes more often after 3 months according to Feldman)

Question 3

How often do parents respond to their infants alert phases

Answer 3

2/3 of the time (Feldman and Eidelman)

Question 4

What is Interactional synchrony

Answer 4

The caregiver and infant interact simultaneously

Question 5

When are the earliest infant caregiver interaction and who is this according to

Answer 5

found at 2 weeks
Meltzoff and Moore

Question 6

What did Isabelle et al find

Answer 6

A postive correlation between interactional synchrony and the quality of attachment

Question 7

Who studied caregiver infant interactions

Answer 7

Isabella et al - Interactional synchrony leads to good attachment
Feldman and Eidelman - infants start exhibiting alert phases as 3 months and parents respond two thirds of the time
Meltzoff and Moore - Babies imitate parents facial features from only a few weeks old

Question 8

What did Meltzoff and Moore find

Answer 8

From only a few weeks infants try to imitate their parents faces