Caregiver infant interactions

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    • What is one type of caregiver infant interactions
      Reprocity
    • What is reprocity?

      The interactions between caregiver and infants where each spend to the other and elicit a response from them.
    • What are alert phases
      Where an infant signals that they are ready for interaction. As time goes on they tend to become more frequent and involve close attention to each others verbal signs and facial expressions.
    • What is research around alert phases
      Feldman and Eidelman found that mothers pick up on and respond 2/3 of the time
      HOWEVER, varies according to skill and external factors
    • What is active involvement
      Babies as well as caregivers take active role where both initiate interactions + take turns.

      Brazelton describes this as a dance where each partner responds to the other's moves
    • What is another type of care/giver infant interactions?
      Interactional synchrony
    • What is interactional synchrony?
      When two people interact, they mirror each other, including facial expressions and movements.
    • When does interactional synchrony begin?
      As young as 2 weeks old
    • Why is interactional synchrony important?
      Isabella et al: observed degrees of synchrony and found high levels are associated with better quality mother-baby attachment
    • :) filmed observations in lab
      Other activity that may distract can be controlled
      Also can be analysed later
      = unlikely will miss key behaviours
      = can have interrater reliability of observations
      Babies don't know being observed so behaviour wont change
      TMT: data has good reliability and validity
    • :( difficult to observe and interpret baby behavior
      babies = lack coordination.
      Movements observed = small hand movements or subtle changes in expression
      Difficult to be sure if smiling or just passing wind.
      Cannot know is movement is random or triggered by caregiver.
      TMT: certain behaviours may not have special meanings
    • :/ important to weigh practical value with ethics
      Although research into early caregiver infant interaction has practical application in parenting skills training.
      EG research found: 10 min Parent child therapy improved interactional synchrony in 20 low income mothers
      ON OTHER HAND,
      Research is socially sensitive = used to argue when mother returns to work too soon it impacts baby's development

      TMT: ethics need to be considered when releasing the research
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