STRENGTHS

• STRENGTHS OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS?

  • reliability and validity
  • practical applications
• WHY DO STUDIES OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS HAVE GOOD RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY?

  usually filmed in a laboratory, therefore other activity that may distract the baby can be controlled
• ANOTHER REASON WHY STUDIES OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS CARRIED OUT IN A LAB ARE RELIABLE/ VALID?

  observations can be watched and analysed later
• WHAT CAN BE ESTABLISHED IN STUDIES OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS DUE TO CONTROLLED OBSERVATION?

  inter-rater reliability
• WHAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN STUDIES OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS IMPROVING VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY?

  babies do not alter behaviour when they are being observed, therefore it has a good reliability and validity
• WHAT PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS DO STUDIES OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS HAVE?

  practical applications in parent skills training
• WHO RESEARCHED INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF STUDIES OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS?

  Crotwell et al
• WHAT DID CROTWELL ET AL DISCOVER?

  10 minute parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) improved interactional synchrony
• WHAT WAS CROTWELL ET AL'S SAMPLE?

  20 low-income mothers and pre-school children
• COUNTERARGUMENT AGAINST PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF STUDIES OF CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS?

  socially sensitive research
• WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT ABOUT SOCIALLY SENSITIVE RESEARCH?

  when mother returns to work soon after having a baby it may risk damaging their baby's development