Learning theory

Question 1

Classical conditioning

Answer 1

Learning by associating two stimuli until the neutral produces a conditioned response

Question 2

Operant conditioning

Answer 2

Learning through consequences of behaviour- reinforcement/ punishment

Question 3

Primary drive

Answer 3

Created by deprivation for needed substance (food)

Question 4

Secondary drive

Answer 4

A learned drive through association from the primary drive (attachment)

Question 5

Animal studies weakness

Answer 5

P- Limitation- lack of support from animal studies
E- e.g. Lorenz- geese imprinted on first moving object regardless of food
E- Harlow- monkeys attached to soft mom, not food mom
L- Other factors than food play role.

Question 6

Conditioning in attachment strength

Answer 6

P- using conditioning in attachment
E- e.g. baby may associate feeling comfort w one person
E- May influence baby’s choice of main att
L- LT used in understanding att

Question 7

Lack of human baby supporting studies

Answer 7

P- limitation- lack of human baby studies that support
E- Schaffer & Emmerson (1964)- discovered baby primary att was mother regardless of who fed them.
E- Isabella et al (1989)- interactional syncrony predicted att
L- food is not main factor in att