psychology - attachment (learning theory)
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- Created on: 06-12-15 19:48
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- psychology- learning theory
- learning theory: put forward by behaviourists and explains behaviours in terms of learning rather than any innate or cognitive tendencies.
- behaviourists believe that you are born as a blank state and behaviour is shown through interaction with environment
- classical conditioning is learning through association.
- 1. unconditioned stimulus is we have a natural response to.
- 2. unconditioned response is a natural response.
- 3. neutral stimulus
- 4. conditioned stimulus
- 5. conditioned response
- food= UCS, produces UCR of pleasure
- UCS paired, infant sees milk and creates paining
- mum becomes CS and elicits CR, which is pleasure
- UCS paired, infant sees milk and creates paining
- operant conditioning is learning through reinforcement
- positive reinforcement. care giver supplies food therefore infant enjoys the reward and a bond is formed
- negative reinforcement infant feels discomfort when hungry. Has desire to remove discomfort, they learn that if they cry care giver will supply food therefore discontent is removed
- drive reduction
- hunger is primary drive,SEARSET AL suggested that as a care giver provides food the primary drive becomes generalised to them
- forming an attachment is this secondary drive learnt by associating the categories with the satisfaction of a primary drive
- primary drive is to reduce hunger
- secondary drive= an attachment formed with a carer as they always provide the food
- evaluation of the learning theory
- positive: is has face validity, provides adequate explanation of how attachments are formed, food may not be the main reinforcer for example attention or comfort
- negative: ignores how reciprocity and interactional synchrony affect quality of attachments
- negative: over emphasis on the role of food HARLOW
- negative: infants can be attached to people not involved in basic caregiving
- reductionists reduces complexities of human behaviour. it is simplistic as attachment is not simply due to food
- learning theory: put forward by behaviourists and explains behaviours in terms of learning rather than any innate or cognitive tendencies.
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