mother and infant

Question 1

what is attachment

Answer 1

close two-way emotional bond between two individuals

Question 2

how can we recognise attachment

Answer 2

1. proximity
2. separation distress
3. secure base behaviour

Question 3

what is secure base behaviour

Answer 3

even when we are independent of an attachment figure we tend to make regular contact with them; infants display this whilst playing

Question 4

reciprocity meaning

Answer 4

a description of how two people interact

- mother- infant interaction is reciprocal in that both of them respond to each other’s signals

Question 5

what happens to the interaction at around three months between a mother and infant

Answer 5

increasingly frequent, involves close attention to each other’s verbal signals and facial expressions

Question 6

what is interaction reciprocal

Answer 6

when each person responds to the other and elicits a response from them

Reciprocal- Response (letter R to help remember)

Question 7

what is interactional synchrony

Answer 7

mother and infant reflect both actions and emotions of other and do this in a CO-ORDINATED WAY

Question 8

outline Meltzoff and Moore study into interactional synchrony

Answer 8

adults displayed one of three facial expressions or one of three distinctive gestures, found that infants as young as two years old could also display those actions

Question 9

Isabella et al study into interactional synchrony

Answer 9

• observed 30 mothers and infants together

- found high levels in synchrony was associated with better relationship between the two

Question 10

weakness 1 of studies

Answer 10

it’s hard to know what’s happening when observing the infants so observations would be better as you can remove EVs, has replicability and establish cause and effect

Question 11

weakness 2

Answer 11

observations don’t tell us the purpose of synchrony or reciprocity

Question 12

weakness 3

Answer 12

research is socially sensitive, impact on working mothers