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Caregiver-Infant interactions - Coggle Diagram
Caregiver-Infant interactions
Reciprocity
'turn taking' when each person responds to the other, eliciting a response from them
Alert Phases: signals that the baby wants interaction
Mothers pick up on this about 2/3 of the time
Feldman (2007) - the phases become more frequent from around three months
Active Involvement
Babies take an active role as both mothers and babies take turns in initiating interactions - Brazelton et al (1975) describes it as a ' dance'
Interactional Synchrony
when babies and mothers interact in such a way that their actions and emotions mirror eachother
Synchrony begins: meltzoff and moore (1977) observed the beginnings of synchrony as early as 2 weeks of age
Importance for attachment: Isabella et al (1989) observed that high levels of synchrony were associated with better quality attachment
Evaluation
Filmed observations
recordings can be analysed later and by multiple researchers.
babies do not know they are being observed so their behavior wont change
= good reliability and validity
Difficulty observing babies
It is hard to interpret their behviour as they lack coordination
It is hard to interpret what their actions mean from their point of view as well as knowing if their actions are intentional or mean something
Developmental Importance
observing behaviour does not tell us its importance
Feldman (2012) points out that the concepts give names to observable behaviour but do are not too useful in understanding child development as it cannot tell us the importance
COUNTERPOINT: Isabella at al (1989) found that good interactional synchrony predicted good attachment which means it is important for development