AQA Psychology - Attachment

Question	Answer
Reciprocity	How two people interact with one another (a mother and child respond to each other's signals and respond).
Interactional Synchrony	The synchronised interaction between carer and child, reflecting emotions and actions of one another.
Proximity	Seeking closeness to something/someone.
Separation Distress	Distress in child when their carer leaves.
Secure-base Behaviour	Independence but regularly returning to carer.
Bodily Contact	Physical interactions between child and carer.
Mimicking	Infants imitate their carer's expressions and actions.
Caregiverese	The modified "baby language" that carers use with infants, usually slow, high pitched, and melodic.
Feldman 2007	- Mothers respond to infant's signals two thirds of the time. - At three months, interaction is more frequent and involves close attention to verbal and facial cues.
Brazelton 1975	Reciprocity was described as a dance, that required turn-taking.
Meltzoff 1977	Interactional synchrony was observed as early as two weeks old.
Dyad	Two individuals regarded as a pair, such as mother-child, and father-child.
Belsky 1998	- Interactions of dyads were well timed, reciprocal and mutually rewarding when developing secure attachment. - Dyads developing insecure attachment were characterised by the carer being unresponsive, or intrusive.

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