Key Terms

Question 1

Reciprocity

Answer 1

Caregiver infant interactions is a two way mutual process, each party responds to the others signals to sustain interactions (turn taking). The behaviour of each party elicits a response from the other
Eg A mother smiles and her baby smiles back

Question 2

Interactional synchrony

Answer 2

Mother and infant reflects both the actions and emotions of the other and do that in a coordinated and synchronised way
Eg A baby moves her head in time with her mother