Caregiver-Infant Interactions in humans

Question 1

What is attachment?

Answer 1

A strong reciprocal emotional bond between an infant and primary care giver

Question 2

What is reciprocal attachment?

Answer 2

Both ways - the child has a bond with the mother and the mother has to bond with. the child for a successful attachment to form. They both have to contribute to the relationship to generate a response

Question 3

Give an example of a reciprocal attachment

Answer 3

When a parent smiles at a child and the child smiles back

Question 4

Who and what was reciprocity found by?

Answer 4

Brazelton - found that children as young as 2 weeks can attempt copy their caregiver, who in turn responds to the child’s signals 2/3 of the time

Question 5

Why is reciprocity important?

Answer 5

It is teaching a child to communicate. It allows the parent to able to care for the child better as they can detect cues from the baby and respond sooner and more effectively.

Question 6

What is interactional synchrony?

Answer 6

When the infant and primary caregiver become synchronised in their interactions

Question 7

What did Cordon and Sander find in 1974?

Answer 7

Children can synchronise their movements with the sound of an adults voice

Question 8

What did Bazelton find? (IS)

Answer 8

Infants copy distinct facial expressions or gestures

Question 9

What influences the way that the 2 interact?

Answer 9

Rhythm, pitch and volume of the adults speech

Question 10

What happens if the Rhythm, pitch and volume of the adults speech is good?

Answer 10

It leads to better communication between the child and parent when they’re older and is likely to happen if the caregiver fully attends to the baby through attentive play

Question 11

Give a + (CO)

Answer 11

These studies used controlled observations. Brazelton filmed the interactions from different angles.This ensure high levels of accuracy and allows valid conclusions to be drawn because they can rewatch and independent observers can rewatch the tapes and compare

Question 12

Give a - (AM)

Answer 12

With young children we don’t know if their actions are meaningful. Bremmer drew the distinction between behavioural response and understanding : by saying just because man interaction appears to be reciprocal doesn’t mean the child understands