Chap 3 Attachment

Question 1

Define reciprocity

Answer 1

When each person responds to the other and in turn elicits a response from them.

Question 2

Define attachment

Answer 2

A close 2 way emotional bond between 2 individuals in which each of the individuals sees the other as essential for their emotional security

Question 3

Describe the study conducted by Meltzoff and Moore

Answer 3

AIM= To investigate caregiver-infant interactions.
PROCEDURE= infants exposed to 3 different facial expressions from the caregiver.
Infants response to each were observed and recorded on video
Independent observer not nowing what the infants had seen were asked to view footage and state what they had seen
Double blind observation where observer does not know the aim of the study.
Positive correlation between infants actions and those of the care giver
Copying imitating happening supports the idea of interactional synchrony.

Question 4

Evaluation of caregiver infant interactions STREGTHS

Answer 4

RELIABLE—>same patterns in interactions shown by many other observations.