CAREGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMANS

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DESCRIPTION - WHAT DO INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CAREGIVER AND INFANT SERVE TO DO
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE ATTACHMENT BOND BETWEEN THEM
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DESCRIPTION - NAME THE 5 WAYS IN WHICH MEANINGFUL AND COMPLEX COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE INFANT AND CAREGIVER OCCURS
INTERACTIONAL SYNCHRONY, RECIPROCITY, BODILY CONTACT, MIMICKING AND CAREGIVERESE
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DESCRIPTION - EXPLAIN INTERACTIONAL SYNCHRONY
CONCERNS HOW INFANTS MOVE THEIR BODIES IN TIME WITH THE RHYTHM OF THEIR CAREGIVERS' VOCAL LANGUAGE TO CREATE A TYPE OF 'TURN-TALKING' AS SEEN IN 2-WAY SPOKEN CONVERSATIONS. HELPS MAINTAIN & REINFORCE ATTACHMENT BOND BETWEEN INFANT AND CAREGIVER
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DESCRIPTION - EXPLAIN RECIPROCITY
THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CAREGIVERS AND INFANTS THAT RESULT IN MUTUAL BEHAVIOUR, WHERE BOTH INDIVIDUALS MOTIVATE RESPONSES FROM EACH OTHER. THIS ALSO SERVES TO REINFORCE AND MAINTAIN THE ATTACHMENT BOND
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DESCRIPTION - EXPLAIN BODILY CONTACT
CONCERNS THE PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CAREGIVERS AND INFANTS THAT HELP TO FORM THE ATTACHMENT BOND, ESPECIALLY IN THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIRTH
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DESCRIPTION - EXPLAIN MIMICKING
CONCERNS INFANTS' APPARENT INNATE ABILITY TO IMITATE THEIR CAREGIVERS' FACIAL EXPRESSSIONS. THIS IS SEEN AS A BIOLOGICAL DEVICE TO ASSIST IN THE FORMATION OF ATTACHMENTS.
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DESCRIPTION - EXPLAIN CAREGIVERESE
CONCERNS HOW ADULTS WHO INTERACT WITH INFANTS OFTEN USE A MODEIFIED FORM OF VOCAL LANGUAGE THAT IS HIGH-PITCHED, SLOW, REPETITIVE AND SONG-LIKE. THIS ASSISTS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CAREGIVERS & INFANTS AND HELPS STRENGTHEN & MAINTAIN ATTACHMENT BONDS
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FOCAL STUDY - WHOSE STUDY
PAPOUSEK ET AL (1991)
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FOCAL STUDY - WHAT WAS THE AIM OF THE STUDY
TO SEE WHETHER 'CAREGIVERESE' IS UNIVERSAL
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FOCAL STUDY - WHAT WAS THE PROCEDURE
THEY DID THIS BY PERFORMING A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY INVOLVING MOTHERS AND INFANTS IN 3 DIVERSE COUNTRIES
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FOCAL STUDY - WHAT WERE THE FINDINGS
MOTHERS IN AMERICA, CHINA AND GERMANY ALL EXHIBITED THE SAME BEHAVIOUR OF USING A RISING TONE TO INDICATE TO THEIR INFANTS THAT IT WAS THEIR TURN IN INTERACTION
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FOCAL STUDY - WHAT DO THE FINDINGS SUPPORT
THIS SUPPORTS THE IDEA THAT CAREGIVERESE IS AN INNATE, BIOLOGICAL DEVICE TO HELP PROMOTE THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ATTACHMENTS
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OTHER STUDIES - NAME THE THREE OTHER STUDIES
CONDON & SANDER (1974), MELZOFF & MOORE (1977) AND KLAUS & KENNELL (1976)
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OTHER STUDIES - EXPLAIN CONDON & SANDER (1974)
SLOWED DOWN INFANTS' MOVEMENTS BY ANALYSING FRAME-BY-FRAME VIDEOS OF THEIR ACTIONS TO FIND THAT THEY MOVED IN SEQUENCE WITH ADULTS' SPEECH TO CREATE A TYPE OF TURN TAKING CONVERSATION. THIS SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF INTERACTIONAL SYNCHRONY
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OTHER STUDIES - EXPLAIN MELZOFF & MOORE (1977)
REPORTED THAT 2-3 WEEK OLD INFATS TEND TO IMITATE ADULTS' SPECIFIC FACIAL EXPRESSIONS & HAND MVTS. THIS SUPPORTS THE NOTION THAT INFANT MIMICRY IS AN INNATE ABILITY THAT HELPS TO FORM ATTACS, AS IT WAS LATER OBSERVED IN INFANTS OF LESS THAN 3 DAYS
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OTHER STUDIES - KLAUS & KENNELL (1976) - WHAT DID THEY COMPARE
MOTHERS WHO HAD LENGTHY PERIODS OF PHYSICAL CONTACT WTH BABIES THAT LASTED SEVERAL HOURS A DAY WITH MOTHERS WHO ONLY HAD PHYSICAL CONTACT AT FEEDING IN 3 DAYS AFTER BIRTH
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OTHER STUDIES - KLAUS & KENNELL (1976) - WHAT DID THEY FIND
MOTHERS WITH GREATER PHYSICAL CONTACT CUDDLED MORE AND GREATER EYE CONTACT. EFFECTS STILL NOTICEABLE YEAR LATER
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OTHER STUDIES - WHAT DO THE FINDINGS OF KLAUS AND KENNELL (1976) SUGGEST
GREATER PHYSICAL CONTACT CREATES STRONGER AND CLOSER ATTACHMENT FORMATION
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