How do we form Attachments?

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  • Which researchers found support for the four stages of attachment?
    Schaffer and Emerson.
  • What is meant by: Reciprocity?
    Reciprocity is the first caregiver-infant interaction, which is when the infant and the caregiver both take turns in an interaction, so that they respond to each-other’s actions.
  • What is meant by: Interactional synchrony?
    When the caregiver and the infant perform similar actions in time with one another.
  • Which researchers first found evidence that babies and caregivers display interactional synchrony?
    Condon and Sander.
  • Which researchers first found evidence that interactional synchrony is correlated with the strength of attachments?
    Isabella et al.