Synchronization or Social Interaction
Social interaction among infants begins at six weeks of age, starting with a social smile, then rapidly progressing within the next two years of their lives. Through socialization, infants begin to develop a sense of self identity and placement in the world. Infants participate in different sequences of interactions depending on their age, with synchrony being a stage that starts after the first year. According to our text, synchrony is “a coordinated, rapid, and smooth exchange of responses between an […]