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Caregiver-infant interactions
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- 1Who found that the father played the role of a playmate due to their physical, exciting and unpredictable play?Geiger (1996)
- 2Who found that fathers could develop sensitive responsiveness when in the role of the main caregiver?Lamb (1987)
- 3What factors affect the relationship between the father and the child?Supportive co-parenting
Martial intimacy
Relationship to father's own parents
Degree of sensitivity - 4What 5 factors improve the bond between the caregiver and the infant?Bodily contact
Reciprocity
Mimicking
Caregiverese
Interactional synchrony - 5Who found research support for bodily contact?Klaus and Kennel (1976) - mothers who had more bodily contact were more affectionate later on, impacting how hospitals deal with mother and child
- 6What is reciprocity?Mutual behaviour between the carer and infant to produce responses from each other
- 7Who found that children as young as 3 weeks could mimick an innate ability?Meltzoff and Moore (1977)
- 8What is Caregiverese?Adults use a modified version of the language that aids communication - theorized to help the infant develop speech
- 9Who found that Caregiverese was cross-cultural?Papaousek (1991)
- 10What is interactional synchrony?Infants move in tune with their carer's language. Brazelton referred to it as a dance.
- 11What did Isabella et al. (1989) find?Infants with secure attachment displayed this
- 12Who developed the stages of attachment?Schaffer and Emerson (1964)
- 13What was the procedure of the study conducted by Schaffer and Emerson (1964)?A longitudinal study of 60 newborn babies. Studied once a month for the first year and then at 18 months, conducting observations and interviews to measure seperation and stranger anxiety.
- 14What did Schaffer and Emerson (1964) find in their study?At around 7 months, specific attachment forms and at 18 months, 87% had two or more attachments
- 15Give one strength and one weakness of Schaffer and Emerson's study (1964)?Mundane Realism but large individual differences
- 16What are the 4 stages of attachment?Asocial
Indiscriminate
Specific
Multiple - 17What happens during the Asocial stage of attachment?2 months
Preference for other humans - 18What happens during the Indiscriminate stage of attachment?2-7 months
Infants can distinguish between familiar and non-familiar but still like the stranger - 19What happens during the Specific stages of attachment?7 - 11 months
Stranger and separation anxiety - 20What happens during the Multiple stage of attachment?11 months+
The infants form attachments to other caregivers
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- A level Psychology (Attachment) Flashcards on Caregiver-infant interactions, created by Bethany Barnes on 21/01/2020.
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