Meltizoff and Moore (1977)
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- Meltzoff and Moore (1977)
- Interactional synchrony: Mirroring what the other person is doing.
- Meltzoff and Moore observed the beginnings of interactional synchrony in babies as young as three weeks old
- method
- Adult displayed one of three facial expressions.
- Initially, infant had a dummy in. Then it was removed and their expression filmed.
- results
- Multiple observers (who had no idea what the baby hadseen) judged the facial expression of the baby.Inter-observer reliability = +0.92 (really good)
- 2-3 week old infants imitated specific face + hand gestures.
- Meltzoff and Moore (1983) similar study with 3 day oldbabies – same thing
- evaluation
- reliable
- The probability that their results were due to the chance for young protrusions was less than 0.5% For mouth openings, it was less than 5% Both of these are considered statistically significant - especially younger protrusions
- difficult in observing babies
- reliable
- Interactional synchrony: Mirroring what the other person is doing.
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