Explanations of attachment

Question 1

Learning theory of attachment

Answer 1

• we are born with blank slates
• learning occurs through experience
• classical conditioning by association and operant conditioning by consequences

Question 2

Schaffer and Emerson contradiction (1964)

Answer 2

• found interaction is most important
• longitudinal study
• 50% showed separation anxiety

Question 3

Harlow contradiction

Answer 3

•Comfort is prioritised over food (nurture)

Question 4

Bowlbys is mono tropic theory of attachment

Answer 4

Evolution nature

emotional

Question 5

Brazelton

Answer 5

Social releases
Couples dance
reciprocity
emotional development