Learning theory

Learning theory

1. according to learning theory, attachment is due to nurture

2. learned through conditioning

3. behaviourist theories - cupboard love - emphasis on food and feeding

4. conditioning is a process of behaviour modification

5. subject associates a behaviour with a previously unrelated stimulus

6. CC is a form of learning where an automatic response becomes associated with a previously unrelated stimulus

7. OC is a form of learning that occurs as a result of linking a specific behaviour to a reward or punishment

8. Before - NS = caregiver ---> no pleasure

9. During - NS = caregiver, UCS = bottle, UCR = pleasure

10. After - CS = caregiver, CR = pleasure to infant & infant forms attachment to caregiver

11. CC says that attachment formation occurs because of the learned connection between a caregiver and pleasure