Caregiver - Infant Interaction

What is an attachment?

• A Connection Between Two People

• A Two-Way Emotional Bond Between Two Individuals That See Eachother As Essential For Their Own Emotional Security

• A Mechanism of Evolution

• When Somebody Suffers Seperation Anxiety When Their Closest Person Leaves Their Proximity.

Which ONE of these is NOT a way in which psychologists recognise an infant has an attachment

• Proximity

• Smiling at a caregiver

• Separation Distress

• Secure Base Behaviour

What is meant by interactional Synchrony?

• Caregiver and Infant mirror each others actions at the same time

• Infant follows interactional instructions of Caregiver

• Infant chases after the Caregiver

• Caregiver continually comforts Infant

What type of experimentation method did Meltzoff and Moore use to study Interactional Synchrony ?

• Lab Experiment

• Naturalistic observation

• Controlled Observation

• Field Experiment

Feldman and Eidelman discovered that mothers respond to signals from their babies 2/3rds of the time.

What did they call these signals?

• Ready State

• Alert Phase

• The Dance

• Infant Readiness

One limitation of Meltzoff and Moore's work is that the data may still be subject to bias. Why is this?

• Observers were relatives of babies

• Interpreting a child's facial expression is subjective

• Not enough observers

• Child made too many expressions

What is meant by internal validity?

• Findings of the research are valid

• Multiple researchers agree on the findings

• The findings can be generalised to the wider population

• The researcher measured what they intended to measure

Which one of the following best describes why the research into caregiver - infant interaction has practical applications

• The research can be used to make a lot of money

• The research shows that babies can smile

• The research highlights the importance of early attachment

• The research highlights the value of observing babies

Both mother and Baby initiate interactions.

Which researcher referred to this as "The Dance"

• Meltzoff & Moore

• Feldman

• Freud

• Brazleton

What is meant by secure base behaviour

• The infant stays close to their attachment figure

• The infant creates its own space to feel secure

• The Infant is afraid to leave the house

• The infant regularly returns to their attachment figure