Caregiver-Infant

• Attachment

  Deep and lasting emotional bonds, seeking closeness and security
• Reciprocity

  Mutual turn-taking behaviour responding to signals and cues
• Interactional Synchrony

  Simultaneous interaction between infant and caregiver, matching eachothers behaviour
• Imitation

  Directly copying the caregivers expression
• Sensitive Responsiveness


  Caregiver correctly interprets the meaning of the infants communication
• (+) A03: Meltzoff + Moore (1977)


  Using 12-21 day old infants, Experimenters made faces e.g. sticking out tongue

  • Finding infants had the ability to observe and reciprocate
• (-) A03: Unclear Communication

  Infants cannot directly communicate with caregiver, research is based on inferences rather than fact, making it unscientific
• (-) A03: Social Sensitivity

  Social sensitivity is a concern in investigating caregiver-infants as the caregivers may feel criticised by their life choices