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LEARNING THEORY
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- 1Where is the main emphasis in the learning theory of attachment?The key is food - babies become attached to whoever feeds them as hunger is the primary drive
- 2What is classical conditioning in terms of attachmentFood (US) produces pleasure (UR)
Caregiver (NS) becomes associated with the food (US)
Caregiver becomes conditioned stimulus and secondary drive as the caregiver is associated with the primary hunger drive
Pleasure becomes the conditioned response - 3What is operant conditioning in terms of attachmentLearning by rewards and punishment
Baby becomes hungry and cries, which elicits a response from the parent (social suppressor)
As long as the response is correct, the baby will learn that crying will lead to that response
Baby = positive reinforcement, parent = negative - 4Provide counter evidence to the learning theory of attachment from animal researchLorenz - geese imprinted before they were fed and maintained these attachments regardless of who fed them
Harlow - monkeys attached to the cloth mother when frightened regardless of which dispensed milk - 5Provide counter evidence of the theory from human researchSchaffer & Emerson - babies developed a primary attachment to their biological mother even though other carers did most of the feeding
Feeding is not the key element to attachment so there is no unconditioned stimulus or primary drive involved - 6What does learning theory ignore?Other factors associated with forming attachments
Isabella et al. (1989) - attachment is associated with reciprocity and good levels of interactional synchrony.
Research has shown that the best attachments are with the carers that are most sensitive to infant signals.
If attachment was purely for feeding then there would be no need for these complex interactions - 7What is a newer theory for infant-carer attachment?Social learning theory - Hay and Vespo (1988)
Social behaviour is acquired largely as a result of modelling and imitation of behaviour.
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