attachment 2

What is an attachment in psychology?

• Warm

• "A close emotional relationship between two persons, characterised by mutual affection and a desire to maintain close proximity"

• still confusing

• made using glue

we can recognize an attachment in humans when they show the following behaviours

• Proximity - wanting to stay close

  Separation distress- not wanting to be seperate

  Secure base behaviour - returning to their attachment figure

• Clingyness

• I don't know

• A need for attention

Infants can communicate by using?

• Non Verbal communication (NVC)

• They can't

• I don't know

• using words

Reciprocity is?

• Something to do with attachment

• a thing?

• I don't know

• The giving of benefits to another in return for benefits recieved

Interactional synchrony occurs when?

• caregiver and infants actions mirror each other

• One participant takes control

• I don't know

• Caregiver and infant are seperated

Meltzoff and Moore (1977) had adults perform an action and found that

• The baby copied the adult precisely

• The baby did nothing

• i don't know

• They found nothing at all