Caregiver-infant interactions

What is attachment?

• A close relationship between two persons

• a short term relationship between two persons

• a bond formed by a group of people

• a file you include on an email

What is meant by separation distress?

• staying physically close to the attachment figure

• showing signs of anxiety when an attachment figure leaves

• having regular contact with an attachment figure

• waiting to seperate from an attachment figure

When an infant and a caregiver respond to each other and elicits a response (like a conversation) this is known as what?

• interactional synchrony

• parent-infant attachment

• reciprocity

• mother-infant bond

Interactional synchrony is when a caregiver and infant...

• talk to eachother

• listen to eachother

• mirror each other

• ignore each other

How many different facial expressions did Meltzoff & Moore (1977) use in their experiment?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Meltzoff and Moore (1977) investigated

• reciprocity

• types of attachment

• interactional synchrony

• animals

What did Meltzoff & Moore (1977) findings suggest?

• Adults imitated the babies

• babies did not care about imitating the adult

• babies imitated the adult precisely

Tronick's (1978) 'still face' experiment involved?

• Mothers responding to their babies cues

• babies doing a still face to mothers

• mothers smiling at their babies

• mothers doing still face and not responding to babies cues

How did researchers address difficulties when investigating caregiver-infant interaction? (select 2)

• Taking the dummy away from the baby

• research took place in a lab

• babies had to give their informed consent

• research taking place in the childs home to increase validity