Caregiver Infant Interactions

Question 1

What is attachment?

Answer 1

It’s a close emotional relationship an bond between a caregiver and their infant characterised by mutual affection and a desire to maintain proximity

Question 2

What are two types of caregiver infant interactions?

Answer 2

Interactional synchrony

Reciprocity

Question 3

What is interactional synchrony?

Answer 3

It is a caregiver infant interaction which involves the infant mirroring the behaviour and actions of the caregiver

Question 4

What is reciprocity?

Answer 4

It is a caregiver infant interaction that involves the actions of the caregiver or the infant eliciting a response from the other

Question 5

AO3 for Metzloff an Moore

Answer 5

• Isabella (strength of attachment)
• questionable reliability
• observer bias

Question 6

Outline Metzloff and Moores aim, method, findings and conclusion

Answer 6

Aim: To investigate the caregiver infant interaction interactional synchrony in infants

Method: A controlled observation was conducted with an adult male model who would produce three different facial expressions towards a child. A dummy would be inserted into the infants mouth to prevent any facial expressions from taking place. They would then record the facial expressions of the child and take the dummy from them after one facial expression was produced by the adult male

Findings: They found that their was a clear link and association between the interactions of the child and the adult as the infant mirrored the adult male model