... and the development of language and social interaction have been explored relating a certain branch of psychology and how some of the processes interlink with different theories and show evidence of a progression that shows that the theories are influential on child development. Meshing is the behaviour of adults and infants during an interaction. The behaviour of both parties is seen to be meshed as their actions tend to be smoothly integrated. Mutual action is taking place. Trevarthen (1993) called it co-regulation, which describes turn taking and synchronizing through speech and non-verbal behaviour, such as nods, eye contact and body movements. Both parties who are involved do not need to be skilled at the management of this kind of interaction, as the adult, in an adult/infant interaction, fits their behaviour around the infant. These dialogues called Pseudo-dialogue give the child the experience of being part of an interaction and provides ...

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