CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS

CAREGIVER-INFANT  INTERACTIONS

• Reciprocity - the child and the parent (in most research this is the mother) pay attention to each other's verbal and non-verbal signals, taking it in turn to initiate the sequence
• Interactional Synchrony - The child and parent are in harmony with their verbal and non-verbal signals, mirroring each other.

RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS

Feldman and Eidelman (2007) - mothers respond to their child in a reciprocitical way 2/3 of the time.

Isabella et…