ao1

• reciprocity

  an interaction shows reciprocity when each person responds to the other and elicits a response from them
• attatchment

  proximity

  separation distress

  secure-base behaviour
• what is proximity

  people try to stay as physically close to their attachment figure
• what is separation distress

  people show signs of anxiety when an attachment figure leaves their presence
• what is secure-base behaviour

  even when we are independent of our attachment figures we tend to make regular contact with them
• what is the alert phase

  when babies signal that they are ready for interaction

  Feldman and Eidelman - show that mothers typically pick up on and respond to their baby's alertness 2/3 of the time
• what is active involvement

  Both caregiver and baby can initiate interactions and they appear to take turns doing so. Brazelton et al described it as a dance
• what is interactional synchrony

  Meltzoff and Moore

  • begins as young as 2 works old

  Isabella et al

  • observed 30 mothers and babies together and assessed degree of synchrony and quality of attatchment