definitions Flashcards
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attachment
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A strong emotional and reciprocal tie that develops over time between an infant and its primary caregiver(s) and results in a desire to maintain proximity.
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reciprocity
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where caregiver-infant interaction is a mutual process and each party responds to the others signals to sustain interaction
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interactional synchrony
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a pattern of social communication where behaviours of one or more individuals become synchronised
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primary attachment figure
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formed with the person most involved in responding to a baby’s cries and initiates social play during the first seven months of their life
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secondary attachment figure
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people in a child’s life who they develop a close secondary attachment bond
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stranger
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