reciprocity n synchrony

Question 1

-interactions with caregivers

Answer 1

Provide insight into attachment through reciprocity and interactional synchrony

Question 2

Reciprocity

Answer 2

: Infant responds to actions of another through turn taking with primary caregiver this elicits a response

Question 3

Meltzoff & Moore (1977)

Answer 3

Conducted observational study showing association between infant behavior and adult model in reciprocity

Question 4

Interactional synchrony

Answer 4

Infants mirror actions or emotions of another person, serving to sustain communication between caregiver and infant

Question 5

Limitation of research

Answer 5

questionable reliability of testing children due to constant movement, cannot be certain if behavior occurred intentionally

Question 6

Methodological problems

Answer 6

possibility of observer bias, need for inter-observer reliability, recent research failing to replicate previous findings

Question 7

Secure attachment

Answer 7

Only securely attached infants engage in interactional synchrony according to Isabella et al. (1989)

Question 8

Nature and nurture

Answer 8

Caregiver-infant interactions are innate but interact with environment to prompt a response, must consider both factors to fully understand complexity.