Attachment B.2 Flashcards
Max and his mother have an attachment. Use learning theory to explain how max became attached to his mother rather than his father.
Learning theory consist of operant and classical conditioning.
Food (UCS) Pleasure (UCR)
Max’s mother becomes a conditioned stimulus
Food satisfied Max’s hunger through drive reduction
Mother= secondary reinforcer
Food= primary reinforcer
The findings of some studies challenge the learning theory. Identify one or more studies and explain why the findings challenge the learning theory (4 marks)
Harlow found monkeys attached to the comfort surrogate mother than the food dispenser surrogate mother.
Schafer and Emmerson found less than half of the infants attached to the person that fed them
Evaluate the learning theory of attachment
Shaffer and emmerson found infants attached with those who played with them not who fed them showing there is no primary caregiver involved.
Harlow found monkeys attached to the comfort monkey not the wire food monkey
Lorenz found birds formed attachments without reinforcement or conditioning it was imprinted
Face validity it makes sense that children will attach to the primary caregiver.
List the 8 principles in bowlbys evolutionary theory of attachment
Monotropy adaptive and innate imprinting sensitive period social releases secure base internal working model continuity hypothesis
explain the monotropy principle of bowlbys theory of attachment
The idea that children have a hiararchy of attachments and the main caregiver at the top
explain adaptive and innate principle in bowlbys theory off attachment
Bowlby believes children have an innate drive to become attached to their caregiver because it gives long term benefits such as increasing the chance of survival.
describe imprinting principle of bowlbys hierarchy of attachment
an innate readiness to form attachment with the mother taking place in the sensitive period
describe the sensitive period principle in bowlbys theory of attachment
Bowlby believes theres a critical period to form attachments. 2 1/2 years
describe the social releases principle in bowlbys theory of attachment
There are characteristics which elicit care giving such as the response to smiling and crying
Describe secure base principle of bowlbys theory of attachment
Protection is a vital part of attachment. It acts as a point where a child can explore their surroundings and act independently
describe the internal working model principle in bowlbys theory of attachment
A group of concepts a child learns in reguards to what to expect from a relationship
describe continuity hypothesis as a principle of bowlbys theory of attachment
There is a link between early attachment and later emotional behavior
Give two weaknesses of bowlbys monotropy of attachment
Bowlby underestimated the role of the father by making the mother the primary caregiver. He overlooked the fact that attachments can be formed to the father as shown by scaffer and emmerson
The critical period is criticised by genie and the czech twins who formed attachment after the critical period
Give strengths of bowblys theory of attachment
hazen and shavers concept of the working model supported his principle.
Harlows monkeys left longer than 90 days going loopy supports the critical period concept.
what were the results of hazen and shavers love quizz
They classified responses according to ainsworths categories.
they found positive correlation between infant attachments and adult romantic love styles
