Caregiver interactions

• What are the two ways a child can interact with a caregiver?

  Reciprocity and Interactional Synchrony
• How does reciprocity develop an attachment?

  It involves mutual exchange between caregiver and infant
• What is the alert phase in caregiver interaction?

  When a baby wants to interact
• How often do caregivers pick up on the alert phase?

  About ⅔ of the time
• Who can play an active role in reciprocity?

  Both the baby and the caregiver
• What is interactional synchrony?

  Mirroring actions simultaneously between infant and caregiver
• What did Meltz & Moore analyze regarding interactional synchrony?

  Facial expressions of babies synchronizing with adults
• What did Crotwell find about interactional therapy?

  It improved interactional synchrony between caregiver and child
• What ethical concern is associated with attachment research?

  Caregivers must be attentive to the child's state
• What concern arises if a caregiver returns to work?

  Fear of hindering attachment to the child
• What does Feldman argue about simply observing infants?

  It doesn't show actual attachment
• What does Feldman suggest about infant actions?

  They have no relation to attachment as they could just be pulling a face that is mistaken for interactional Synchrony
• What does Isabella's research indicate about better parents?

  They have better attachments with their infants
• Why is it important to pick up on alert phases?

  It helps in interacting with infants