Learning Theory Flashcards
What is classical conditioning?
Learning by association
Who conducted the cupboard love study?
Dollard and Miller
Why is the study called “cupboard love?”
The infant is attached because they are fed and so become attached to the food supplier
Who conducted the Infant Monkey study?
Harlow and Harlow
What did Harlow and Harlow find?
That the monkey chose comfort over food
What did Harlow and Harlow conclude?
Supplying food is not sufficient to form attachments
Who investigated the age of first attachment?
Schaffer and Emerson
What 3 things did Shaffer and Emerson monitor?
Stranger anxiety
Separation anxiety
Social referencing
What age did Shaffer and Emerson say attachments were formed?
6 to 8 months
What are the 3 parts to bowlby’s evolutionary perspective?
The critical period
Innate programming
Continuity hypothesis
What is monotropy?
One primary attachment
What is operant conditioning?
Learning through consequence/reinforcement
