seeking proximity, distress on separation, joy on reunion, person used as a safe base to explore the world
what is reciprocity?
where an infant responds to the actions of another person which provides and elicit respone
what is active involvement?
babies as well as care-giver actually takes an active role
what is interactional synchrony?
where an infant mirrors actions of another person
a study that supports interaction synchrony is by Meltzoff and Moore
meltzoff and Moore did a controlled assessment where adults would display three facial expressions and the childrens response was filmed
meltzoff and Moore found that there was a clear association between the behaviour of the adult and behaviour of child and then later did research into three day old infants which suggested that interactional synchrony is innate
