research examples and findings

Question 1

give two research examples into care giver interactions

Answer 1

Meltzoff and Moore- reciprocity
Isabella - interacial sychrony

Question 2

Describe the procedure of Meltzoff and Moore

Answer 2

2 week old babies
adults demonstrated 1 specific gesture or facial expression
babies were recorded and analysed

Question 3

Meltzoff and Moore findings

Answer 3

found that babies as young as two weeks were able to imitate and recipricate gestures and facial expression

Question 4

Procedure of Isabella

Answer 4

mother and baby pairs
measured their degree of synchrony and quality of attachment

Question 5

findings of Isabella

Answer 5

higher levels of synchrony = greater quality of attachment

Question 6

Procedure of schaffer and emmersons stages of attachment

Answer 6

longitudional study
60 new born babies
studied each month up until 18 months
observations and interviews with mothers

Question 7

findings of Schaffer and Emmerson

Answer 7

25-32vweeks 50% showed separation
40-60 weeks 80% shows attachment to specfic person
30% had multiple

Question 8

Schaffer and Emmerson findings for role of the father

Answer 8

only 3% of cases had father has primary attachment figure
27% had joint

75% did form an attachment with father

Question 9

Procedure of Lorenz’s imprinting

Answer 9

half of geese hatched with normal mother
half hatched in an incubator with Lorenz

Question 10

Findings of Lorenz imprinting

Answer 10

incubator group attached onto Lorzenz and followed him around
sexual imprinting - peacock raised in a reptile house tried to mate w a tortoise

Question 11

Harlows procedure