Infant Care Giver Attatchments Flashcards
who carried out research on reciprocity
feldman 2007
what did feldman say
reciprocity increases from 3 months of age
what supports feldman
alert phase !!
mothers pick this up 2/3 of time
finegood et al 2016 said its affect by external factors eg stress
who researched interactional synchrony and what did they do
meltzoff and moore 1977- 2-3 weeks old could imitate facial expressions os behaviour is innate
isabella et al 1989- quality of attachment links to levels of synchrony
what did meltzoff and moore do
babies imitate specific gestures / expressions
What is a strength of reaseach into interactional synchrony
Filmed research so no observer bias, and also observing abides so no demand characteristics
Weakness of research into interactional synchrony
Observing babies so don’t actually know if what they are doing is linked no established cause and effect relationship
Strength of infant caregiver interactions research
Filmed in labs
Limitation of infant caregiver interactions reasearch
Observing babies
No developmental importance to understand child development
What is interactional synchrony
Carrying out the same action simultaneously
What is reciprocity
How two people interact and respond to each other
Elicits a response
