ATTACHMENT-Social Learning theory

Question 1

What does social learning theory propose?

Answer 1

-Behaviour is learned rather than innate
-Put forward by behaviourists
-Propes that children are born as blank slates or ‘tabula rasa’ and become who they are because of their experiences
-Behaviour is learnt through either classical or operant conditioning

Question 2

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 2

The thing that gives you pleasure becomes the unconditioned stimulus and the caregiver becomes the conditioned stimulus because of learning by association

Question 3

What is operant conditioning?

Answer 3

Any behaviour that creates positive reinforcement is repeated

Question 4

Why does attachment form according to social learning theory?

Answer 4

Because the child seeks a reward