Theories Of Attachment
A mind map of the 2 theories of attachment covered by the AQA A syllabus. It includes Learning Theory and Bolwby's Theory. In the green is strengths and red is limitations so to include both A01 and A02 points
- Created by: Emma Butler
- Created on: 20-03-13 21:39
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- Theories of Attachment
- Learning Theory
- All behaviour is learned
- Classical Conditioning
- Food produces pleasure
- Feeder associated with food so also produces pleasure
- Operant Conditioning
- Food is a primary Reinforcer
- Feeder Becomes secondary reinforcer
- Strengths
- Evidence to Prove we do learn through conditioning
- may however not just be food
- Evidence to Prove we do learn through conditioning
- Limitations
- Harlow and Harlow
- Study suggested that Comfort is a more important factor than food
- may however not just be food
- Study suggested that Comfort is a more important factor than food
- Schaffer and Emerson
- Found infants have stronger attachments with those who comfort and communicate with them rather than those who fed them
- Harlow and Harlow
- Validity
- Largerly animal Studies used so issues with generalisabity
- Bowlby's Theories
- Attachment is adaptive and innate
- Imprinting - Lorenz
- Tronick shows that attachment is universal and innate
- Critical and sensitive period between newly born and 5 years
- Hodges and Tizard found that children who had formed no attachment during this period had trouble later in life
- Sensitive Period created after criticism . It was originally just the critical period that went up to 2 years old
- Caregiving is Innate
- Helped by social releases
- Crying
- Smiling
- 'cooing '
- 'Baby faces'
- Harlow shows how interaction has to be responsive and comforting to infant
- Helped by social releases
- Secure Base from which to explore
- Monotropy (forming a primary attachment )
- Schaffer and Emerson
- Other attachments such as fathers, grandparents and other relations
- Internal Working Model & Continuity Hypothesis
- Internal Working Model develops as a template to base future social relations
- Continuity Hypothesis is the link between early attachment and social & emotional development
- Sroufe et al showed the differences in social etiquette of those with secure attachments and insure attachments
- Attachment is adaptive and innate
- Learning Theory
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