Attachment

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Reciprocity
Two-way/mutual feelings. Infant and caregiver are both active contributors in the interaction and are responding to each other
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Interactional synchrony
rhythmic interaction between infant and caregiver involving mutual focus, reciprocity and mirroring of emotion
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Critical period
Period of 0-2.5 years where the attachment between infant and caregiver has to be made
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Internal working model
Cognitive framework formed by experiences with caregiver which influences their relationships in the future
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Secure attachment
Distressed when mother leaves, wary of stranger but friendly when mother is present, positive when mother returns and mother is a safe base
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Insecure avoidant
Doesn't notice mother leaving or returning, stranger and mother offer the same safe base
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Insecure resistant
Intense distress when mother leaves, fearful of stranger, resistant of mother upon return, explores less than others
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rhythmic interaction between infant and caregiver involving mutual focus, reciprocity and mirroring of emotion

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Interactional synchrony

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Period of 0-2.5 years where the attachment between infant and caregiver has to be made

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Cognitive framework formed by experiences with caregiver which influences their relationships in the future

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Card 5

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Distressed when mother leaves, wary of stranger but friendly when mother is present, positive when mother returns and mother is a safe base

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