Caregiver infant interactions

• Meltzoff and moore found babies as young as 12-27 days would attempt to imitate facial and physical gestures.
• Feldman (2007) defined interactional synchrony as a “temporal coordination of micro-level social behaviour”
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  Brazelton et al. (1975) identified trends in mother-baby interactional synchrony via videotapes of 12 mother-baby pairs’ where play behaviour was examined up to 5 months of age, which revealed three phases of play:

  • Attention and build-up
  • Recovery
  • Turning away

  These three phases were repeated at regular intervals over the 7 minute footage.

  It was concluded that the three phases of play demonstrate the early signs of organised behaviour.
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  Isabella and Belsky (1991) hypothesised that caregiver-baby pairs that developed secure attachment relationships would display more synchronous behaviour than babies with insecure relationships.

  Babies were observed at 3 and 9 months and the secure group interacted in a well-timed, reciprocal, and mutually rewarding manner.

  Provides evidence to support caregiver infant interactions and attachment.