Other Studies And Evaluations For Infants And Caregiver Interactions

Question 1

Meltzoff and Moore: mimicking and reciprocity

Answer 1

1977
Found that infants aged 2-3 weeks mimicked adults facial expressions and hand movements, showing that infant mimicry aids the formation of attachments

Question 2

Papousek et al: caregiverese

Answer 2

1991
Found that using a rising tone when showing and infant that it was their turn to interact was cross cultural as all American, German, and Chinese mothers exhibited the same behaviour. Suggesting that caregiverese is an innate biological device that aids the formation of attachments

Question 3

Condon and sander: reciprocity and internal synchrony

Answer 3

1974
Analysed an infants video recording of their movements frame by frame, showed that their actions coordinated in sequence with the adults speech, to form a turn taking convo, supporting the idea of internal synchrony