Attachment

Attachment

1. LEARNING THEORY

   • Behaviour is learnt rather than inborn
   • Schaffer & Emerson- AGAINST
     • Longitudinal study on 60 babies- showed that they attached properly at 7 months- monotropy wasnt showed
   • Watson & little albert

2. A bond between 2 people/animals. Its a two way process which endures over time

3. CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

   • An unconditioned stimuli gives an unconditioned response. An accociation with neutral stimuli and responce is learnt

4. OPERANT CONDITIONING

   • Learning to do a particular behaviour because of punishment and reward

5. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY

   • Behaviour is present as an adaptional benefit to ensure survival
   • Harlow & monkeys- FOR internal working model
   • Schaffer & Emerson- AGAINST monotropy
   • Loftus & geese- FOR adaptive and critical period
   • Bowlby
   • Hazan and Shaver- that parents relationship with you reflects your own relationships

6. TYPES OF ATTACHMENT

   • Type A- Insecure avoidant
   • Type B- secure
   • Type C- Insecure resistant
   • Ainsworth and the strange situations experiment
   • Meta- analysis of cultural differences- most common is B
     • Van lizendoorn & Kroonberg