Intro to attachment Flashcards
What is reciprocity?
When a mother and infant respond to each other’s signals and each elicits a response from the other.
Mothers typically pick up on and respond to infant alertness around … of the time - Who said this?
Mothers typically pick up on and respond to infant alertness around 2-thirds of the time
Feldman and Eidelman (2007) said this.
What type of role does a baby take in interactions?
A passive role
At what age does reciprocity begin to happen?
Around 3 months
Who described reciprocity as a dance?
Brazelton et al. (1975).
What is interactional synchrony?
When a mother and infant reflect both the actions and emotions of the other and do this in an a co-ordinated way .
The actions occur simultaneously.
Their behaviour mirrors each other.
Who defined interactional synchrony as ‘the temporal co-ordination of micro-level behaviour’?
Feldman (2007)
What did Meltzoff and Moore (1977) observe?
They observed the beginnings of of interactional synchrony in infants as young as 2 weeks old.
What was the procedure for Meltzoff and Moore’s (1977) study?
An adult displayed 1 of 3 facial expressions or 1 of 3 distinctive gestures. The child’s response was filmed and identified by independent observers.
What ere the findings of Meltzoff and Moore’s (1977) study?
An association was found between the expression or gesture the adult had displayed and the actions of the babies.
What did Isabella et al. (1989) find out about interactional synchrony?
Isabella et al. found that high levels of synchrony are associated with better quality mother-infant attachment.
Who did Isabella et al. study and what did they assess?
Isabella et al. studied 30 infants and their mothers together and they assessed the degree of synchrony.
What type of study did Grossman (2002) carry out?
A longitudinal study
What did Grossman’s study look at?
Grossman’s study looked at both parents’ behaviour and its relationship to the quality of children’s attachment into their teens.
What did Grossman (2003) find out about a mother’s attachment?
Grossman found that the quality of infant attachment with mothers was related to children’s attachment in adolescence, suggesting that the father attachment was less important.
