Introduction to attachment Caregiver-infant interactions Flashcards
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What is attachment ?
A strong, enduring, emotional and reciprocal bond between two people. ( Especially an infant and caregiver). Each individual sees the other as essential for their own development and emotional security.
What is Reciprocity?
(One after another) caregiver-infant interaction is a two-way mutual process; each party responds to the other’s signals to sustain interaction. They take part in turn-taking. For example, Being like a dance each partner is responding to each other’s moves.
What is interactional synchrony?
A caregiver and baby reflect both the actions and emotions of the other and do this in a co-ordinated way that MIRROR one other.
What was Meltzoff and Moore Procedure ?
They observed the beginnings of interactional synchrony in babies as young as 2 weeks old. An adult displayed three facial expressions. Baby’s responses were filmed and labelled by observes.
What was the finding from Meltzoff and Moore?
Babies expressions and gestures mirrored those of the adults more than chance would predict. This provides synchrony is important for infant attachment.
What was the procedure’s of Isabella et al ?
Observed 30 mothers and babies together and assessed their degree of synchrony, The researches also observed the quality of mother-aby attachment.
What was the finding of Isabella et all procedure ?
They found that higher levels of synchrony were associated with better quality mother-baby attachment. This provides evidence that interacting with your baby plays a key role in infant attachment.
What was the procedure of Tronick ?
That mothers were asked to interact with their infants as normal. Mothers their infant as normal. Mothers were then asked to look away from their baby, before returning with a still face. They were asked to stop responding to the baby.
What was the findings of Tronick ?
That babies became distressed from a lack of interaction with the mother. This suggests the child’s an active and interactional partner in the communication is important.
