caregiver-infant interactions

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what is attachment
a close two-way emotional bond between two individuals in which each individual sees the other as essential for their own emotional security
how is attachment recognised
proximity
separation distress
secure-base behaviour
what is reciprocity
a description of how two people interact
both the caregiver and baby respond to each others signals and each elicits a response from the other
turn taking
conversation
what is the alert phase  
when a baby signals that they are ready to interact with their caregiver
what is active involvement  
brazelton et al(1975)- describes the caregiver-infant interactions as a dance (both respond to each other)
what is interactional synchrony
caregiver and baby reflect both the actions and emotions of the other and do this in a co-ordinated (synchronised) way
what is meltzoff and Moores (1977) study on international synchrony 
observed the beginnings of international synchrony in babies as young as 10 weeks old
an adult displayed one of three facial expressions or one of three distinctive gestures
independent observers filmed and labelled the baby response
babies expressions and gestures were more likely to mirror those of the adults more than chance would predict
what did Isabella et al(1989) believe about international synchrony
observed 30 mothers and babies together
strengths of caregiver-infant interactions research
filmed observations(inter-rater reliability)
high reliability
validity
limitations of caregiver-infant interactions
hard to interpret a babies behaviour
can’t be certain just from research that reciprocity and synchrony are important in development