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F- xplainations attachment
Learning theory
of
:




Dollard Miller ( 19507
Learning theory attachment
and
of
Importance of food
sometimes
'
This explanation formation Children
'
is love because it
called the cupboard emphasises the importance
of food in attachment .




to
feeds them
learn love whoever .




Role
of classical
conditioning
involves to associate two stimuli In attachment :
classical
conditioning learning .




unlearned)
Ucscgooa) leads to UCR (a
feeling of pleasure) this response isn't learned so it is an unconditioned response a (




Baby learns that mother
produces a sense
of pleasure
mother
caregiver Ceg
A NS.ie that
: starts as a :
something produces no
response

However / stimulus
'

provides with So the neutral becomes CS
good
he She becomes
the
caregiver good over time associated
'
, when ,
. a .




Once CR According
conditioning has taken
place the
sight of the
caregiver produces a
of pleasure
. to a
learning theorist ,
the



conditioned pleasure response is the basis love
of
.




becomes
Now an attachment has
formed and the
caregiver an attachment
figure .




Role
of operant conditioning
Operant conditioning explains why babies can building block attachment)
cry for comfort important for

crying leads to a
response from the
caregiver Ceg :
feeding As long as the
caregiver provides the correct response .




is it consequence
crying reinforced because
produces a
pleasurable .




Negative reinforcement
At the same time as the baby is
reinforced for crying , the
caregiver relieves
negative reinforcement because the
crying

stops [
negative reinforcement is escaping from something unpleasant , which is
reinforcing)
This interplay of positive / negative reinforcement strengthens an attachment .




Drive reduction


Hunger innate biological drive
is a
primary drive , an motivator . we are motivated to eat to reduce the
hunger .




Attachment is a
secondary drive learned
by an association between the
caregiver and the
satisfaction of a
primary arrive .




seares et al 1957 suggested that arrive becomes to them
, as
caregivers provide good , the primary of hunger generalised
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