C-I interaction- Evaluations
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- Created on: 20-10-20 18:08
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- C-I interaction- Reciprocity and Interactional synchrony- Evaluation
- It's hard to know what's happening when observing infants
- Many studies involving observation of interactions between mothers and infants have shown a similar pattern (Gratier 2003)
- However, what's being observed is merely hand movements or changes in expression, its very difficult to know what is happening from the infants perspective.
- This means that we cant really know for certain that behaviours seen in mother-infant interaction have a special meaning
- Controlled observations capture fine detail
- Observations of mother-infant interactions are generally well controlled procedures, with both mother and infant being filmed, often from multiple angels therefore very fine details can be noted
- Babies don't know or care that they are being observed so their behaviour doesn't change in response to controlled observations, which is usually the problem with observational research
- This is a strength because it means that the research had good validity
- Observations don't tell us the purpose of synchrony and reciprocity
- Feldham (2012) points out that synchrony simply describes behaviours that occur at the same time
- These are a robust phenomena in the sense that they can be reliability observed but in this case its not as useful because it doesn't give us the purpose
- However there is some evidence that reciprocal interaction and synchrony are helpful in the development of mother-infant attachment
- As well as helpful in stress responses, empath language and moral development
- It's hard to know what's happening when observing infants
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