attachment: formation of attachment

Question 1

what is the motivation to learn due to?

Answer 1

drive reduction- innate urge to fulfil primary drives

Question 2

what is the formation of attachment based around?

Answer 2

food- children love those who feed them- cupboard love

Question 3

how does attachment develop over time?

Answer 3

should increase steadily from birth, parents also learn to love too

Question 4

how does classical and operant conditioning relate to attachment?

Answer 4

cc- creates attachment,
oc- strengthens attachment- infants learn crying, smiling brings positive reinforcement from adults, who learn to respond to cries- it is positively reinforced by caregiver, caregiver receives negative reinforcement when crying stops.

Question 5

ao3: what is research to support comfort is more important than food for attachment?

Answer 5

harlow: monkeys explored more with surrogate mum rather than feeding mum.
schaffer and emerson: primary attachment figure not always feeds infant, found more than half of infants were not attached to person primarily involved in physical care.

Question 6

a03: why is the learning theory reductionist?

Answer 6

too simplistic to explain complex attachment behaviours.
its not a full explanation as it says how but not why and does not explain benefits of an attachment, or why there is a critical period

Question 7

ao3: how is the learning theory environmentally deterministic?

Answer 7

early learning determines later attachment behaviours- ignoring the role of nature and evolutionary benefits of an attachment- it would seem highly unlikely that instinct has nothing to do with formation of attachments.