RECIPROCITY

• WHAT ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS?

  reciprocity, interactional synchrony
• WHAT IS ATTACHMENT?

  reciprocal, close, two-way bond between two individuals in which each sees the other as essential for their emotional security
• WHAT IS RECIPROCITY?

  the process of turn taking, in which interaction flows both ways between caregiver and infant
• WHAT HAPPENS IN RECIPROCITY?

  actions of one partner elicit a response from the other
• DO RESPONSES HAVE TO BE THE SAME IN RECIPROCITY?

  no
• WHAT ALLOWS THE CAREGIVER TO ANTICIPATE THE INFANT'S BEHAVIOUR AND APPROPRIATELY RESPOND?

  regularity of infant's signals
• WHAT DOES THE REGULARITY OF THE INFANT'S SIGNALS ALLOW?

  caregiver to anticipate infant's behaviour and appropriately respond
• WHAT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR ATTACHMENT AND LATER RELATIONSHIPS?

  sensitivity of caregiver's response
• WHAT DOES THE SENSITIVITY OF THE CAREGIVER'S RESPONSE AFFECT?

  foundation for attachment and later relationships