Caregiver-Infant interactions. 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyAttachmentA2/A-levelAQA Created by: esunderland116Created on: 23-01-20 15:24 What is attachment? a strong, enduring, emotional and reciprocal bond between two people. 1 of 22 What is attachment categorised by? reciprocal affection, frequent interaction, a desire for proximity and selectivity. 2 of 22 Why do we for attachment? Attachments are not present at birth, they are nurtured. 3 of 22 How do infants and caregivers form bonds? Bodily contact, mimicking, caregiverese, international synchrony and reciprocity. 4 of 22 What does bodily contact involve? infants and caregivers to help form the attachment bond by physical interaction. 5 of 22 Who did research into bodily contact? Klaus and Kennel (1976) 6 of 22 What did they do? found that mums who had extended contact time with babies after birth, cuddled them more. 7 of 22 What are the practical applications of this? Kangaroo care 8 of 22 What is mimicking? an innate ability for infants to imitate adult facial expressions. 9 of 22 What did Melzoff and Moore find? from 2-3 weeks old babies can mimic facial expressions, suggesting it is innate. 10 of 22 What is caregiverese? a modified form of language that is high pitched and song like, as well as slow and repetitive. 11 of 22 Who found caregiverse to be cultural so therefore innate? Papousek et al (1991) 12 of 22 What is reciprocity? the interaction of similar behaviour patterns between carer and infant. 13 of 22 Who carried out the still face experiment? Tronick et al 14 of 22 What is international synchrony? when two people interact in a mirror pattern in terms of facial and body movements. 15 of 22 Who researched this? Isabella and Heimann 16 of 22 What did Heimann find? infants who demonstrated lots of imitation had better quality of relationship at 3 months. 17 of 22 Which characteristics of attachment did Maccoby identify? seeking proximity, distress on seperation, joy on reunion and orientation of behaviour. 18 of 22 What are the problems of testing infant behaviour? only based on observations meaning we cannot really know if interactions have a special meaning 19 of 22 What are the positives of testing infant behaviour? well controlled procedure which ensures details can be analysed and the research has good validity as babies unaware of observation. 20 of 22 What is an advantage of caregiver-infant interaction? led to kangaroo care 21 of 22 What are the disadvantages to caregiver-infant interactions? caregiverese used internationally so may not only help attachment, IS not used in all cultures, so may not be necessary. 22 of 22
With reference to reciprocity and interactional synchrony, discuss infant caregiver interactions. (16 marks) - 1 para per card 0.0 / 5
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