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| Question | Answer |
| Learning theory Classical conditioning | Classical conditioning. The unconditioned stimulus is food - this gives the unconditioned response of pleasure. The unconditioned response is food, COMBINED with the neutral stimulus of the care giver (mum) gives the unconditioned response of pleasure. The conditioned stimulus therefore becomes the care giver. |
| Learning theory operant conditioning | spontaneous behaviour (X) - consequence (Y) = likelihood od behaviour (X) being repeated. e.g. pigeon presses a level - they receive food - they then know that when the press the level food will appear. |
| Evaluation of learning theory | weakness: the theory is very reductionist; tries to explain everything in simplistic terms and we know that there is evidence to suggest that some babies become attatched to people other than the primary care giver for example a dad or grandparent. |
| define attachment | An attachment is an emotional relationship in which two people seek proximity in an attachment. distress is caused upon separation and re - uniting causes pleasure. |
| Describe Bowlby's theory of attachment | BABIES ARE LIKE CHICKS: Imprinting - walking ability (chicks will follow mothers) Attachment - social releasers (babies smile at a mother to get attention) CRITICAL PERIOD 0-2.5 YEARS if no attachment has formed after this time, permanent damage will be done: social development intellectual development Emotional development |
| Bowlby's maternal deprivation hypothesis: | What are the consequences of not forming an attachment? ... Children form an attachment to one special individual characteristics of that person are VERY important if not attachment then permanent damage to social intellectual and emotional development CASE STUDY GENIE!! |
| Bowlby's continuity hypothesis | MATERNAL SENSITIVITY will impact the INFANTS ATTATCMENT STYLE which will influence their INTERNAL WORKING MODEL (their mental template - set of expectations about relationships) which will therefore affect FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS |
| what do the learning theory and Bowlby's theory have in common | NOTHING!!! |
| According to Bowlby why does an attachment occur? | so that the infant can survive i.e. in the short term to get food and in the long term by providing the basis for stable future relationships, thus carrying on their generation (survival) |
| According to the learning theory why does an attachment occur? | it occurs as the result of being fed by a neutral stimulus (the PCG - primary care giver) |
| According to Bowlby's theory HOW does an attachment occur? | Babies are born with social releasers. The 'coo' at an adult making the adult want to be close to them meaning they will want to feed them, thus forming the attachment. |
| According the the learning theory HOW does an attachment occur? | The baby is given an UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (food) which gives them pleasure. when the food is given there is always a NEUTRAL STIMULUS of the primary care giver. the food gives them pleasure so the babies associate food with the primary care giver, thus forming the attachment. |
| According the Bowlby's theory does it matter is an attachment does not form? | yes because if an attachment doesn't form then it will cause problems for future relationships i.e the childs INTERNAL WORKING MODEL |
| According to the learning theory does it matter if an attachment does not form | no because they will still be fed whether they are attached or not, and they only need survival in the short term (food) rather than long term. |
| Evaluation of Bowlby's theory | WEAKNESS: Deterministic - behaviour is determined by certain factors that are beyond the individuals control, if the child had bad parents then apparently theres no way of avoiding a lack of social intellectual and emotion development. WEAKNESS: mums get the blame for everything WEAKNESS: Outdated, times have changed, the mother is not always the PCG. so it lacks temporal validity |
| Strengths of Bowlby's theory | EMPIRACLE EVIDENCE: Genie, Goldfarb and harlows' monkeys PRACTICAL APPLICATION: we shouldn't bring up children in institutions (Goldfarb) We shouldn't deprive children by locking them in one room for 14 years (Genie) |
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