AS Psychology - Attachment

Quiz on Attachment.

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The learning theory suggests that..
That attachment is a set of learned behaviors. The basis for the learning of attachments is the provision of food. An infant will initially form an attachment to whoever feeds it.
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The evolutionary theory suggests..
That children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others, because this will help them to survive. The infant produces innate ‘social releaser’ behaviors such as crying and smiling that stimulate innate caregiving
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What does, 'The Strange Situation' study involve?
The study involved observing children between the ages of 12 to 18 months responding to a situation in which they were briefly left alone and then reunited with their mother.
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What did Mary Ainsworth conclude from, 'The Strange Situation' study?
She concluded that there were three major styles of attachment: secure attachment, ambivalent-insecure attachment, and avoidant-insecure attachment.
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The behaviour assessed in the Strange Situation test?
Stranger anxiety and reunion behaviour.
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The evolutionary theory suggests..

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That children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others, because this will help them to survive. The infant produces innate ‘social releaser’ behaviors such as crying and smiling that stimulate innate caregiving

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What does, 'The Strange Situation' study involve?

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What did Mary Ainsworth conclude from, 'The Strange Situation' study?

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The behaviour assessed in the Strange Situation test?

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That children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others, because this will help them to survive. The infant produces innate ‘social releaser’ behaviors such as crying and smiling that stimulate innate caregiving - it's social releases as apposed to social releasers

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