caregiver infant interactions

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    • reciprocity is when both the caregiver and baby respond to each other signals and elicits a response from the other (turn taking)
    • interactional synchrony is when the caregiver and baby reflect each others actions and emotions and do it in a coordinated (synchronised) way
    • alert phases are when babies signal they are ready for interaction. mothers pick up on 2/3 of these
    • babies have an active involvement
    • meltzoff and moore found infants as young as 2 weeks displayed interational synchrony
    • + fimled observations, capture fine details
    • -relies on inference, babies cant communicate, hard to know meaning
    • -doesn't explain importance for development, but isabella demonstrated importance for attachment
    • -research is socially sensitive, mothers returning to work
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