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Caregiver-Infant Interactions, EVALUATION - Coggle Diagram
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EVALUATION
Developmental Importance
!LIMITATION!
- simply observing a behaviour doesn't tell us its developmental importance
- Ruth Feldman (2012)
- ideas like synchrony (& by implication reciprocity) simply give names to patterns of observable caregiver-infant behaviours
- robust phenomena in sense that they can be reliability observed
- still not particularly useful in understanding child development as it doesn't tell us purpose of these behaviours
- means we cannot be certain from observational research alone that reciprocity & synchrony are important for a child's development
COUNTERPOINT
!STRENGTH!
- evidence from other research that suggest that early interactions are important
- e.g. Isabella et al (1989) found that achievement of interactional synchrony predicted development of a good quality attachment
- means on balance, caregiver-infant interaction is probably important in development
Filmed Observations
!STRENGTH!
- Caregiver-infant interactions are usually filmed in laboratory
- other activity (may distract both) can be controlled
- obseravtions can be recorded & analysed later
- unlikely researchers will miss key behaviours
- more than 1 observer can record data & establish inter-rater reliability of observers
- babies don't know they are being observed so behaviours don't change in response (natural)
- therefore - data collected in such research should have good reliability & validity
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