Caregiver- Infant Interaction Flashcards
(12 cards)
what are interactions good for
social development
what is reciprocity?
when infant responds to adults and the adult responds back. (turntalking)
what’s an example of reciprocity?
‘turn-taking’
caregiver respond to baby smile by talking and this elicits a response
why is reciprocity essential?
so people don’t talk over each other in conversation
what is the altert phase? what was the research?
when a baby signals that they ready for some interaction.
mothers pick up and respond to the alert phase 2/3 of the time, this varied from external factors and skills of mother though. from around 3 months this becomes more frequent
what is interactional synchronicity
the temporal coordination of micro level social behaviour taking place when caregivers and babies interact when emotions and actions mirror each other
OR
Simply:
when a baby and caregiver carry out actions simultaneously, it’s temporal coordination of social behaviour, emotions and actions mirror each other .
why is interactional synchrony important for attachment to a caregiver?- researcher and process
Isabella observed 30 mums and babies together and assessed synchrony. and also assessed the quality of attachment.
high level synchrony associated with better quality attachment
when does synchrony begin? - researchers and procedure?
Meltzoff and Moore, observed babies as young as 2 weeks preforming interactional synchrony.
Asult display 1 of 3 facial expressions or gestures an d babies response was filmed and labelled by independent observers. babies expression and gestures likely to mirror adults, a significant association
strength of c-i i (lab)
P. there is high control as they are filmed in a lab
E. other activity that may distract the baby is controlled, and as they are filmed its unlikely for the researcher to miss key behaviour as they can revise the recordings at a later date
E. such data is high in reliability and validity
limitation of cii (no dc)
P. there will be no demand characteristics while studying babies
E. tis is because of the fact babies will be unaware of the situation and as such wont change their behaviours to align with that of the research.
E. as such validity is increased
limitation of cii (socially sensitive)
P. the research conducted is socially sensitive
E. the findings suggest that a baby wont develop as well if their PAF returns to work and as such the guardian feels that their return will hinder their child’s development
E. parents on a low income may delay returning to work which could possibly disadvantage them upon return or financially
limitation of cii (bias)
P. is possible observer bias from the researcher observing
E. they could report in the case of reciprocity that any reaction and movement is a response
E. this limits the validity of the study
