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Attachment - LT3: Learning Theory
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Attachment - LT3: Learning Theory
AO1
- Classical Conditioning - Association
- NS = Mother
- UCS = Food
- UCS + NS = Food + Mother
- CS = Mother
- CR = Pleasure
- UCR = Pleasure
- CS = Mother
- UCR = Pleasure
- UCS + NS = Food + Mother
- No response
- UCS = Food
- NS = Mother
- Operant Conditioning - Consequences
- Feeding = Positive Reinforcement
- Baby +ve reinforced by pleasure ellicited by food
- Close to infant = Positive Reinforcment
- Crying stops = Negative reinforcement
- Hunger removal = Negative reinforcement
- Feeding = Positive Reinforcement
- Attachment as Secondary Drive
- Secondary Drive Hypothesis
- Drive Reduction
- Primary Drives (E.G. Innate biological motivators E.G. Hunger)
- Sears et al
- As primary drivers are met by mother, she becomes assoicated with the satisfaction of the need
- Primary drive generalises to her
- Secondary learned drive = mother
- Primary drive generalises to her
- As primary drivers are met by mother, she becomes assoicated with the satisfaction of the need
- Sears et al
- Primary Drives (E.G. Innate biological motivators E.G. Hunger)
- Drive Reduction
- Secondary Drive Hypothesis
- Classical Conditioning - Association
AO3
- Strengths
- P: Supporting evidence (For Newer LT)
- E1: Hay and Vespo - Explained Attachment via SLT - Parents teach infants to attach via modelling typical attachment behaviours
- E2: Parents provide enthusiastic social rewards when they imitate the behaviours themselves
- L: Suggests that by observation and imitation of these attachment behaviours, infants become more attached to their parents, supporting learning theory
- E2: Parents provide enthusiastic social rewards when they imitate the behaviours themselves
- E1: Hay and Vespo - Explained Attachment via SLT - Parents teach infants to attach via modelling typical attachment behaviours
- P: Supporting evidence (For Newer LT)
- Weaknesses
- P: Opposing evidence
- E1: Harlow - Rhesus monke showed they spent more time with cloth mother than wire mother, even though wire mother was dispensing food
- E2: Comfort care > Food
- L: Opposes and therefore lowers the significance of the secondary drvie hypothesis proposed by Sears et al
- E2: Comfort care > Food
- E1: Harlow - Rhesus monke showed they spent more time with cloth mother than wire mother, even though wire mother was dispensing food
- P: Opposing evidence
- Strengths
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- A level Psychology Mind Map on Attachment - LT3: Learning Theory, created by Kiran Bacchus on 06/06/2021.
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