AO1 - Reciprocity & Interactional synchrony

• Reciprocity occurs between infants and carers resulting in mutual behaviour where both parties are able to generate a response from one another almost like a conversation.
• An example of reciprocity is when a mother smiles and her baby smiles back.
• Reciprocity between the infant and carer facilitate and strengthen the attachment bond.
• Attachment is a two-way emotional bond between a caregiver and an infant characterised by behaviour such as proximity-seeking.
• Meltzoff & Moore (1997) demonstrated that babies as young as 12-27 days attempt to imitate facial and physical gestures.
• Interactional synchrony is when two people interact and tend to mirror what the other is doing in terms of their facial and body movements.