Evaluation Of Learning Theory Flashcards
1
Q
What casts doubt on the learning theory?
A
The fact that attachments are complex behaviours with intense emotions
2
Q
What did Schaffer comment on?(cupboard love theories)
A
That cupboard love theories put things the wrong way round - babies don’t live to eat but eat to live
3
Q
What suggests that food isn’t the main reason for formation of attachment?
A
Babies need food occasionally, but constantly require the emotional security that closeness to an attachment figure provides
4
Q
How are behaviourist explanations reductionist?
A
As they explain complex behaviours in the simplest way
5
Q
What does social learning theory not consider?
A
Internal cognitive mental processes
