Introduction To

Question 1

What is thought to be the function of reciprocity and interactiontional synchrony

Answer 1

Important in development of caregiver-infant attachment and child’s social development

Question 2

Outline reciprocity

Answer 2

1. Each action elicits a response
2. Babies have periodic ‘alert phases’, single for interaction
3. Mothers pick up on this 2/3 of the time
4. Verbal and facial signals

Question 3

Describe international synchrony

Answer 3

1. Actions mirror each other
2. ‘Temporal co-ordination of micro-level social behaviour’
3. High levels of synchrony associated with better quality attachment

Question 4

Hard to know what is happening

Answer 4

1. Observations reveal same patterns of interaction
2. Difficult to infer from babies perspective
3. Imitation of adult unconscious or deliberate?
4. Tells us nothing about their purpose
5. Evidence that it does have development affects though

Question 5

Fine detail captured

Answer 5

1. Observations are well controlled with both mother and child filmed
2. Footage later analysed
3. Also babies do not know they’re being filmed so behaviour not affected
4. Good validity