Very fine details can be analysed later so you don’t miss anything
Babies do not know they are being observed so behaviour won’t change
Uses well controlled procedures which increases the validity
Limitations of caregiver infant research:
Difficult to observe babies - not very coordinated and hard to interpret
Meanings of babies movement - can’t be sure everything observed is meaningful
Difficulty inferring developmentimportance - research points out that synchrony simply describes behaviours at the same time but it doesn’t tell us the purpose so we can’t be sure they are important
Counterpoint - Isabella et al (InteractionalSynchrony is important)
