attachment

Question 1

what is an attachment?

Answer 1

an attachment is a strong emotional bond between an infant and the care giver.

Question 2

what is reciprocity

Answer 2

responding to the action of another with a similar action, where the actions of one partner elicit a response from the other partner

Question 3

define interactional synchrony

Answer 3

when two people interact they tend to mirror what the other is doing in terms of their facial and body movements. this includes imitating emotions as well as behaviours

Question 4

what is the key study for caregiver infant interactions?

Answer 4

meltzoff and moore

Question 5

what is meltzoff’s ‘like me’ hypothesis?

Answer 5

1) A SOCIAL ATTACHMENT
2) INDISCRIMINATE ATTACHMENT
3) DISCRIMINATE ATTACHMENT
4) 4 MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS

Question 6

what are schaffer and emerson’s stages of attachment?

Answer 6

1) A SOCIAL ATTACHMENT
2) INDISCRIMINATE ATTACHMENT
3) DISCRIMINATE ATTACHMENT
4) 4 MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS

Question 7

what is the A Social Attachment stage?

Answer 7

STAGE 1
birth-2months
infants produce a similar response to all objects

Question 8

what is the Indiscriminate Attachment stage?

Answer 8

STAGE 2
4 months
-infants become more social, -prefer human company to inanimate objects
-can distinguish between
un/familiar
-don’t show stranger anxiety

Question 9

what is the Discriminate attachment stage?

Answer 9

STAGE 3
7 months
-infants begin showing separation anxiety
-primary attachment is formed (rarely father)