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1. CARE-GIVER INFANT INTERACTIONS

   • RECIPROCITY
     • HOW TWO PEOPLE INTERACT . MOTHER-INFACT INTERACTION IS RECIPROCAL IN THAT BOTH INFANT AND MOTHER RESPOND TO EACH OTHER'S SIGNALS AND EACH ELICTS A RESPONSE FROM THE OTHER.
     • BABIES HAVE PERIODIC 'ALERT PHASES' AND SIGNAL THAT THEY ARE READY FOR INTERACTION. MOTHERS TYPICALLY PICK UP AND RESPOND TO INFANT ALERTNESS AROUND TWO-THIRDS OF THE TIME. (FIELDMAN AND EIDELMAN 2007)
       • FROM AROUND THREE MONTHS THIS INTERACTION TENDS TO BE INCREASINGLY FREQUENT AND INVOLVES CLOSE ATTENTION TO EACH OTHER'S VERBAL SIGNALS AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS (FIELDMAN 2007)
         • TRADITIONAL VIEW= BABY IN THE PASSIVE ROLE RECEIVING CARE FROM AN ADULT . HOWEVER IT SEEMS THAT THE BABY TAKES AN ACTIVE ROLE. BOTH MOTHER AND CHILD CAN INITIATE INTERACTIONS AND THEY APPEAR TO TAKE TURNS IN DOING SO. BRAZLETON ET AL (1975) DESCRIBED THIS INTERACTION AS A 'DANCE' BECAUSE IT IS JUST LIKE A COUPLES DANCE. (TAKING TURNS) .
   • INTERACTIONAL SYNCHRONY