PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Peekaboo, 18 Months, Joint Attention
Document Summary
The emergence of the first relationship is fascinating and may be a prototype for all subsequent relationships. Moms have to be around for the child. They have to breast-feed and take care of them. Very fascinating time for parents, and very crucial to infants. The younger the child is, the more changeable the child"s ns is so the first type of relationship is very important to wire up the ns for life and build further relationships. We infer relationship from interactions but the sum of interactions does not equal a relationship. Developmental task: to regularize the infant"s basic biological processes and to harmonize them with parental requirements. Developmental task: to regulate mutual attention and responsiveness in face to face situations. Now baby is stronger, heavier, more physically able. Regulate attention and responsiveness so attention and responsiveness don"t happen at the same time people don"t pay attention all the time, take turns talking, etc.
