CG-I Interaction

• Define Attachment.

  A close two way emotional bond between 2 individuals - both seen as essential for their emotional security
• Define Reciprocity.

  The way how 2 people interact

  • seen as 'turn talking' - similar to a conversation, responding back and forth
• Define Interactional Synchrony.

  When the caregiver and infant actions and emotions mirror each other simultaneously
• What behaviours show an attachment?

  -> Proximity - distance between infant and CG

  -> Separation Distress - distress when CG is not in presence

  -> Secure Base Behaviour - when independent from CG will always return regularly
• What is the Alert Phase?

  When infants show signals that they are ready for interactions

  -> eye contact
• How many times do the mothers normally respond to alert phases?

  -> 2/3 - depends on the mothers skills or external factors (stress)
• What is Active Involvement?

  Infants being involved in initiating interactions and not as a passive role

  -> Infant and CG take turns - Brazelton - described it as a 'dance'
• Who did a study on Interactional Synchrony?

  Meltzoff and Moore
• What did Meltzoff and Moore do?

  -> Studies 2 weeks old infants and had adults display 1/3 facial expressions/ gestures

  -> Infant responses were filmed and identified by independent observers

  >> there was an association with the facial expression / gesture to the infants action
• Who did a study on attachment with Interactional Synchrony?

  Isabella et al
• Explain Isabella study.

  -> observed 30 mothers and infants - assessing the degree of synchrony

  -> also assessed the quality of CG-I attachment

  >> figured that high levels of synchrony associate with better CG-I attachment quality
• STRENGTH - controlled experiment

  -> Meltzoff & Moore - filmed in laboratory

  -> Recorded interactions can be later analysed - look for finer details / inter-rater reliability

  -> Babies unaware of filming - natural behaviour

  >> data is reliable and has validity
• LIMITATION - interpretive bias

  -> Infant behaviour is hard to interpret - lack co ordination & almost immobile

  -> movements/expressions were small - difficult to understand from infants POV -> if its a twitch or trigger from CG

  >> interpreting results in their favour