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Define attachment |
Intense, emotional relationship between two people endured over time and prolonged separation cause stress and sorrow |
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Define bodily contact |
Physical interactions between carer and infant |
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Define mimicking |
Infants imitate their carers facial expression. |
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Define caregiverese |
Adults use a modified form of language which is song like and is slow and repetitive |
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Interactional synchrony |
Infants move their bodies in tune with the rhythm of caregivers spoken language |
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Reciprocity |
Interactions between infant and carer result in mental behaviour. |
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Strength of international synchrony |
Condon and Sander
Recordings of infants movements looking at each frame individually. They found co-ordinated movements in sequence with adult speech.
Supports idea of Interactional synchrony and its importance in communication. |
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Strength of bodily contact as a form of attachment |
Klaus and Kennel
Compared moms with little or no contact with baby and those who cuddled babies and found greater bodily contact leads to stronger bond. |
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Weakness of Interactional synchrony |
Kenyan moma have little contact with there babies but have a strong bond and this shows difference of culture. |
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Weakness of infant interactions |
Caregiverese used by all adults when communicating with infants and this suggests that it's not about attachment bond specifically. |
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Pre-attachment phase (Birth- 3 months) |
6 weeks of age- become attached to humans over objects and this is demonstrated via. Smiling. 3-7/8 months- discriminate between familiar/unfamiliar people, smiling more at those they know, but will allow others to handle them |