Attachments
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Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What does the learning theory of attachment assume?
A
Attachments are learnt, acquired, we learn to be attached to a primary caregiver
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2
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What conditioning did Dollard and Miller put forward?
A
Operant conditioning
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3
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What did Dollard and Miller, 1950, suggest?
A
When an infant is hungry it feels discomfort, the creates a drive to reduce the discomfort.
When the discomfort is reduced they feel a reward.
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4
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
, Describe operant conditioning, direct rewards
A
Food produces a response of pleasure and reduces the uncomfortable drive state caused
when an infant is hungry.
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5
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What type of love is the learning theory?
A
Cupboard love
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6
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
Describe classical conditioning
A
Food to pleasure
Food plus mother to pleasure
Mother to pleasure, an attachment is formed
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7
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What was Schaffer and Emerson’s criticism?
A
,The person who fed you may not be the primary attachment figure, fewer than half the
infants in their study attached to the person who fed them
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8
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
Give two A03 negatives
A
Harlow’s monkeys: creature comfort
Reductionist: overly simplistic explanation for complex human behaviours
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9
Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
What does this theory assume?
A
Attachments are instinctive, adaptive for survival
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10
Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
What was Bowlby’s evolutionary theory?
A
Emergence of homosapiens at least 250000 years ago, we form monotropic reciprocal
attachments
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11
, Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
Define MISS
A
Monotropy
Internal working model
Social releases
Sensitive period
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12
Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
Define monotropy
A
A child has an innate (i.e. inborn) need to attach to one main attachment figure. This is
called monotropy. This concept of monotropy suggests that there is one relationship which
is more important than all the rest.
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13
Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
Define monotropy
A
A child has an innate (i.e. inborn) need to attach to one main attachment figure. This is
called monotropy. This concept of monotropy suggests that there is one relationship which
is more important than all the rest.
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1
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What does the learning theory of attachment assume?
A
Attachments are learnt, acquired, we learn to be attached to a primary caregiver
5
2
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What conditioning did Dollard and Miller put forward?
A
Operant conditioning
4
3
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What did Dollard and Miller, 1950, suggest?
A
When an infant is hungry it feels discomfort, the creates a drive to reduce the discomfort.
When the discomfort is reduced they feel a reward.
3
4
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
, Describe operant conditioning, direct rewards
A
Food produces a response of pleasure and reduces the uncomfortable drive state caused
when an infant is hungry.
4
5
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What type of love is the learning theory?
A
Cupboard love
5
6
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
Describe classical conditioning
A
Food to pleasure
Food plus mother to pleasure
Mother to pleasure, an attachment is formed
4
7
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
What was Schaffer and Emerson’s criticism?
A
,The person who fed you may not be the primary attachment figure, fewer than half the
infants in their study attached to the person who fed them
5
8
Q
THE LEARNING THEORY OF ATTACHMENT
Give two A03 negatives
A
Harlow’s monkeys: creature comfort
Reductionist: overly simplistic explanation for complex human behaviours
4
9
Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
What does this theory assume?
A
Attachments are instinctive, adaptive for survival
4
10
Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
What was Bowlby’s evolutionary theory?
A
Emergence of homosapiens at least 250000 years ago, we form monotropic reciprocal
attachments
2
11
, Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
Define MISS
A
Monotropy
Internal working model
Social releases
Sensitive period
4
12
Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
Define monotropy
A
A child has an innate (i.e. inborn) need to attach to one main attachment figure. This is
called monotropy. This concept of monotropy suggests that there is one relationship which
is more important than all the rest.
5
13
Q
THEORIES OF ATTACHMENTS: NATURE
Define monotropy
A
A child has an innate (i.e. inborn) need to attach to one main attachment figure. This is
called monotropy. This concept of monotropy suggests that there is one relationship which
is more important than all the rest.
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