Attachment

• Secure Base


  Demonstrates confidence while carer is present, they play and explore
• Sensitive Responsiveness


  PAF responds consistently and sensitively to infants social releases
• Secure Attachment

  • Maintaining Proximity- physically close, seek involvement by wanting to include carer in activities
  • Joy on reunion- Visible pleasure on reunion with PAF, easily comforted and will quickly resume play
  • Separation Anxiety- intense distress when PAF not present
  • Stranger anxiety- intense distress in response to strangers
• Interactional Synchrony- Meltzoff and Moore 1977

  • 12 21 day old babies, Adult displayed 1 of 3 facial expressions or distinctive gestures
  • Aimed to investigate age when interactional synchrony occurs
  • Association found between expression displayed by adult and action of the baby
• Evaluations of Meltzoff and Moore 1977

  • Infants do not know they are being observed therefore cannot adjust behaviour, however caregivers can change behaviour
  • Observations show consistent patterns of interactions therefore there’s research support, do not know if imitations are unconscious or deliberate
  • Controlled observations capture fine details due to multiple cameras therefore there’s high validity
• Interactional synchrony- Mirrored behaviour between caregiver and infant that happens at the same time to maintain a close relationship