PSYC23H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Parenting Styles, Intersubjectivity, Homeostasis
Document Summary
Study examined infant response and recovery from a social challenge and parent responses. Behavioural and physiological responses were measured on 5-6 month old infants using a modified still face procedure. Hypothesis infants of more responsive parents show more regulation than infants of less responsive parents (results confirmed this) Infants of more responsive parents showed greater regulation of heart rate and negative affect during final episode of the procedure than infants of less responsive parents. Findings suggest important links between behaviour and infant stress reactivity and regulation. Infants rapidly develop interactive and regulatory capacities that contribute to their social and emotional development. Infants are able to regulate arousal and resume social interactions after an emotional challenge. Individual differences in these capacities are effected by parent-infant interactions. Identifying specific types of parent behaviours that can be linked to the infants capacity to recover from a challenge is important to understanding early social emotional growth. Stress reactivity is a response to a stressor.
