Introduction

Question 1

Why are caregiver to infant relationships important

Answer 1

• take place from birth to signal needs
• help to form how good or bad future attachments will be
• type of response determines formation of attachment
• helps with development( physical,neurological,cognitive,emotional

Question 2

Why are caregiver to infant relationships not Important

Answer 2

• evidence of individuals without an attachment have no adverse effects
• children can have other significant figures in their lives e.g teacher or siblings

Question 3

what is an attachment

Answer 3

interactions between infants and their caregivers. It is the responsiveness of the caregiver to the infant’s signals that has profound effects.

Question 4

What is caregiver infant interaction

Answer 4

interactions have essential functions for the child’s social development, in particular for the development of caregiver infant attachment.

Question 5

What is reciprocity

Answer 5

when each person responds to the other and elicits a response from them

Question 6

What is interactional synchrony

Answer 6

2 people are synchronised when they carry the same action simultaneously/ temporal coordination of micro level social behaviour.

ACTIONS MIRROR EACH OTHER

Question 7

explain meltzoff and Moore study

Answer 7

MELTZOFF AND MOORE
• Aim: examine interactional synchrony infants

• Procedure: controlled observation - adult model displayed one of three facial expression
• At first dummy used to prevent facial expression
• After display dummy removed and expression was observed

• Findings: clear association between infant behaviour and adult model

• Conclusion: IS - innate/ reduces strength that I.S. is learned

Question 8

Explain schaffer and Emerson study

Answer 8

PARENT INFANT ATTACHMENT - SCHAFFER AND EMERSON
• Thought in terms of mother-infant attachment.
• Infants attach to mothers at 7 months.
• After few weeks form secondary attachments
• 75% attachment to father formed at 18 months.

Question 9

Explain field 1978 study

Answer 9

• Filmed 4 month old babies in face to face interactions with primary caregiver mothers and fathers secondary caregiver fathers
• PCF spent more time smiling imitating and holding infants than SCF
• Behaviour important to building an attachment with the infant.
• Fathers CAN be the more nurturing attachment figure.
• Key to attachment = level of responsiveness does not gender of parent