1. Get out your essays on caregiver/infant interactions
Discuss research into care-giver infant interactions. (16 marks)
Swap with someone in another group
We are going to peer mark the essays

2. Now at the top of the essay give it a score out of 6 for AO1
Ao1-outline research/theories into caregiver-infant interactions
Must mentioned two-way or mutual? Give it 1 mark
Have they defined reciprocity well?
Now at the top of the essay give it a score out of 6 for AO1
Have they mentioned timing or the responses are rhythmic and emotionally sensitive? Give it 1 mark
Have they defined interactional synchrony well?
Check against the pack to see if they have accurate details of Metzoff’s study and Belsky’s study
Now they can get up to 4 marks for outlining research.

3. A03- evaluation scores out of 10
For the first evaluation point identify and label the P.E.E.L
Let’s look at an example of a full mark paragraph
A03- evaluation scores out of 10
If all 4 bits are there and it’s written well then give it 3
Not all 4 bits there or not as well written as the example? 2
Not following the P.E.E.L structure and/or basic or poorly written 1
Absent or inaccurate 0
You will only need 3 PEEL points in the exam

4. (P) There is evidence that challenges the importance of interactional synchrony in attachment
(E) Le vine (1994) reported that in a small group of Kenyan mothers who had little physical contact or interactions with their children due to a multiple caregiver system
However, they still had high proportions of secure attachment to the mother
(L) This suggests that maybe interactional synchrony isn’t always necessary for secure attachments to be made and so questions the importance of it as a care-giver infant interaction.

5. Now do this with the 2 other evaluation paragraphs
Now do this with the 2 other evaluation paragraphs. Use the pack for guidance if you need to
Now add up the marks for the 3 paragraphs with the most points.
If they got 3/3 for all of them give them a 10/10
Now add their score out of 10 on the top and give them a total score out of 16