Caregiver-infant interactions

• What interactions show successful attachment?

  Reciprocity

  Interactional synchrony
• Interactional synchrony


  Caregiver and baby reflect both actions and emotions of the other and take turns responding
• Strengths of research into caregiver-infant interactions

  Filmed - high internal validity
• Weaknesses of research into caregiver-infant interactions

  Difficulty observing babies - Hard to interperate

  Developmental importance