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Caregiver-infant interactions - Coggle Diagram
Caregiver-infant interactions
Reciprocity 1970s
non-verbal comm. through
facial expressions/emotions
infants show evidence of
turn-taking
in conversations
interactional synchrony
2 people mirroring one anothers
facial expressions, behaviours & emotions
→ innate not learnt
Meltzoff & Moore (1977)
investigate
interactional synchrony
adult demonstrated facial expressions & hand movements
dummy placed in infants mouth during demonstration - then removed & infant actions filmed
infants 2/3 weeks old will imitate facial & hand gestures
provides evidence of interactional synchrony
Murray & Trevarthen (1985)
investigate
intentionality
of infant interactions
2 months old
interact w/ mother → mothers face then shown on screen not responding to infant
infant soon becomes distressed w/ mother not responding
shows natural innate drive to interact intentionally
WEAKNESS
not generalisable
→ carried out in UK & US - not representative of other countries
not applied to eastern cultures where they may be more collectivist
hard to repeat
→infants show indiv. diff. at diff. ages & develop fast
not every child will repeat what's been shown - decreases reliability
validity decreasing
→ intro of tech impacted interactions C&I have
interactions changed over time bc of tech introduction - making experiment less sound
ethics is an issue
→ 'Still faced' - babies showed physical signs of distress
goes against ethic codes as physical distress occured