Meltzoff and Moore

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aim

to investigate reciprocity between infants and their caregivers

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sample

American

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procedure

  • lab experiment

  • 4 different stimuli

    • 3 different faces + 1 hand gesture

  • video was judged by an independent observer - did not know what the infant had seen - increase in inter-observer reliability

    • observer would analyse the video in different format

    • each observer would make notes on how the baby reacted

    • used behavioural categories e.g. mouth opening

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findings

  • facial gestures were copied the most

  • infants as young as 2 to 3 weeks imitated the behaviour

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evaluation

  • cultural bias - done in America

  • gender bias - researchers were male

    • not generalisable

    • unrepresentative