1. Taking classic accounts such as Gibson and Walk (1973) or L. Stone, H. Smith and L. Murphy (eds.) (1973) The Competent Infant (New York: Basic Books), or watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzXGEbZht0 on the ‘still face’ paradigm, explore the relevance of the arguments outlined in this chapter in relation to the following questions:

• What claims is infancy research used to warrant?

• What models of the relation between infant and adult capacities are being invoked?

• What other interpretations can be put forward for the phenomena described (with particular reference to features of the experimenter/caregiver/child relation)?

• What issues and features are absent within

(a) the topics of and

(b) the relationships set up within infancy research?