ATTACHMENT- INTRO

ATTACHMENT- INTRO

1. CARGIVER-INFANT INTERACTIONS

   • RECIPROCITY
     • A description of how two people interact. Mother-infant interaction is reciprocal in that both infant and mother respond to each other's signals and receive a response from each other.
       • Feldman & Eidelman 2007: Mothers respond to infant alertness two-thirds of the time.
         • Feldman (2007): 3 Moths- Interaction is frequent with close attention or verbal signs and facial expressions.
       • Brazleton et al (1975): Mother & child can initiate interactions and appear to take turns- described as a 'dance'- partners respond to each other.
   • INTERNATIONAL SYNCHRONY

2. ATTACHMENT FIGURES

   • PARENT-INFANT ATTACHMENT
     • Shaffer & Emerson (1964): Founf majority of babies did become attached to their mother first (7 months) and within a few weeks or months, secondary attachments are formed to other family members.
       • 75% in studies an attachment formed with father at 18 months.
   • THE ROLE OF THE FATHER
     • Grossman (2002): Longitudinal study look at both parents behaviour and relationship to the quality of the childs attachment.