Attachment: Explanations Of Attachment - Learning Theory Flashcards
What two learning explanations can be used to explain attachment?
Classical + operant conditioning
Classical conditioning is learning through…
Association between stimulus and responses
Operant conditioning is learning through…
Consequences (Reinforcement, rewards and punishment)
Which behaviourist researcher developed the theory of classical conditioning
Pavlov
Which behaviourist researcher developed the theory of operant conditioning?
Skinner
Learning theory suggests infants learn to attach to…
Whoever feeds them
What is meant by an unconditioned stimulus?
something in the environment you have not learned to respond to, response is automatic
What is meant by a neutral stimulus
something in your environment you feel nothing towards AT FIRST
What is meant by an unconditioned response?
An natural/automatic response - not learned.
What is meant by a conditioned stimulus?
stimulus that has been learnt (NS always becomes CS through repetition and association)
What is meant by an conditioned response?
A learnt reaction/response
According to learning theory, milk is what kind of stimulus?
Unconditioned
According to learning theory, the feeder is what type of stimulus, at first?
Neutral
According to learning theory, milk acts as what when forming an attachment?
Unconditioned stimulus
According to learning theory of attachment, what is the unconditioned response?
Pleasure
According to learning theory of attachment, what is the feeder?
Neutral stimulus
According to learning theory, the neutral stimulus when learning an attachment is…
The feeder
A student has written this response:
“As soon as the feeder feeds the infant, the infant associates pleasure with the feeder and an attachment”
Is this correct or incorrect; why?
Incorrect - feeding needs to be repetitive
Through repetition of feeding the infant learns to __________ the feeder with food and pleasure
Associate
What is meant by associate?
Pair / link / put together
During the conditioning process what is paired together
Neutral stimulus (feeder) + Unconditioned stimulus (food)
After the conditioning process - what does the feeder become?
Conditioned stimulus
After the conditioning process - what is the conditioned stimulus?
Feeder
After the conditioning process - what does pleasure become?
The conditioned response