Caregiver infant attachment

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  • Created on: 03-03-16 15:12

RECIPROCITY

BABIES 'ALERT PHASES' READY INTERACTION

2/3 TIME MOTHERS PICK UP

FELDMAN - 3 MONTHS INTERACTION FREQUENT VEREBAL / FACIAL

BABY ACTIVE ROLE

BRAZLETON 'DANCE' COUPLES RESPOND EACH OTHER

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INTERACTIONAL SYNCHRONY

DEFINED TEMPORAL CORDINATION OF MICRO LEVEL SOCIAL BEAHVIOUR 

MELZOOF & MOORE IDENTIFIED INFANTS 2 WEEKS OLD 

CHILD RESPONSE FILMED 

ISABELLA ET AL OBSERVED 30 MOTHERS 

HIGH LEVELS SYNCHRONY IN BETTER ATTACHMENTS

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EVALUATION:HARD KNOW WHEN OBSERVING INFANTS:

GRATIER - MANY TESTS SHOW SAME PATTERNS

HARD CERTAIN ON INFANT PERSPECTIVE

NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN

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EVALUATION: CONTROLLED OBSERVATIONS

WELL CONTROLLED

FILIMED SEVERAL ANGLES - FINE DETAILS RECORDED

BABIES UNAWARE OBSERVED

GOOD VALIDITY

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EVALUATION:DOESN SAY PURPOSE

FELDMAN SYNCHRONY DESCRIBE BEHAVIOUR 

ROBUST PHENOMINA - CAN RELIABLY OBSERVED BUT DOESNT SAY PURPOSE

RESEARCH HELPFUL DEVELOPMENT ATTACHMENT / STRESS RESPONSE / EMPATHY

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PARENT ATTACHMENT FIGURES

SCHAFFER AND EMERSON MAJORITY BABIES ATTACHED MOTHER FIRST 

FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS SECONDARY ATTACHMENT

75% BABIES ATTACH FATHER 18 MONTHS

INFANT PROTEST WHEN WALK AWAY

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ROLE OF THE FATHER

GROSSMAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY BOTH PARENTS BEHAVIOUR & QUALITY ATTACHMENT

MOTHER QUALITY IMPORTANT

ROLE FATHER LESS IMPORTANT

FATHER PLAY AFFECTED ADOLESENCE ATTACHMENT

DIFFERENT ROLE

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FATHER AS PRIMARY CAREGIVER

EVIDENCE TAKE BEHAVIOURS TYPICAL MOTHER

FIELDS FILMED 4 MONTH OLD INTERACTIONS

PRIMARY FATHERS SPENT MORE TIME IMIATING SMILING AND HOLDING HANDS

IMPORTANT BUILDING ATTACHMENT

KEY ATTACHMENT IS LEVEL RESPONSIVNESS

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EVALUATION: ROLE OF FATHER

RESEARCH CONTROLLED OBSERVATIONS - FINE DETAILS RECORDED ANALYSED 

CHILDREN NOT AWARE FILMED

LE VINE ET AL - KENYAN MOTHERS LESS PHYSICAL CONTACT STILL STRONG ATTACHMENT

SOCIALLY SENSITIVE SUGGESTS CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED PARENTING STYLE

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CAREGIVER INTERACTIONS

LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH - SAME CHILDREN FOLLOWED OBSERVED - REDUCES EXTREANOUS VARIABLES

FATHER CAN PROVIDE GOOD CARE - NOT AFFECT CHILDREN

MCALLUM & GOLOMBOK FOUND KIDS IN SAME SEX AND HETROSEXUAL GREW UP SAME

BIOLOGICAL APPOACH: FEMALE HORMONES - HIGHER LEVELS NURTURING - WOMEN BIOLOGICALLY PREDIPOSED 

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EVALUATION: STAGES ATTACHMENT

OBSERVATIONS INFANT HOME - USUAL SETTING - UNLIKELY INFLUENCED 

LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH  - SAME CHILDREN

60 SCOTTISH BABIES FROM SAME AREA SAME BACKGROUND 50 YEARS AGO - CANT APPLY GLOBALLY NOW 

DATA BASED MOTHERS REPORTS - NOT REPORT BAD ATTACHMENT

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