Caregiver-Infant Interactions AO3
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- Caregiver-Infant Interactions AO3
- L: Hard to know what is happening when observing infants
- Gratier (2003): Many studies of interactions have shown the same patterns of behaviour
- What is being observed is merely hand movements or changes in expressions
- It is difficult to be sure what is taking place from the infants perspective based on these observations
- E.g. is the infants imitations conscious and deliberate?
- Cannot be certain the interactions seen have a special meaning
- S: Uses well-controlled procedures
- Interactions are often filmed from multiple angles
- Fine details of behaviour can be recorded and analysed
- Babies don't know they are being observed, so their behaviour doesn't change in response to observation
- Means the studies have a high validity
- L: Observations don't show the purpose of synchrony and reciprocity
- Feldman (2012): synchrony and reciprocity simply describe behaviours occuring at the same time
- They can be reliably observed, but may not be particularly useful
- It doesn't tell us their purpose
- However there is evidence reciprocity and synchrony help in the development of:
- Mother-infant attachment
- Stress responses
- Empathy
- Language
- Moral development
- L: Socially sensitive reserach
- Suggestive that children may be disadvantaged by particular child-rearing practices
- e.g. mothers who return to work shortly after childbirth restrict opportunities for achieving interactional synchrony
- Suggests mothers shouldn't return to work so soon
- Socially sensitive implications on a mother's lifestyle after childbirth
- S: potential value to society
- The link between high levels of synchrony and high quality attachments could have practical implications that benefit society
- Crotwell et al (2013): 10-minute parent-child interaction therapy improved interactional synchrony
- This was shown in 20 low-income mothers and their pre-school infants
- They compared the findings to a control group
- Interactional synchrony could lead to methods for improving and developing mother-infant attachments, particularly in at-risk groups
- L: Hard to know what is happening when observing infants
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