learning theory of attachment

Question 1

what are the steps of classical conditioning

Answer 1

1) baby forms an association between the mother (NS) and food (US) which produces the feeling of pleasure (UCR)
2) overtime the caregiver becomes associated with the food
3) the mother becomes a conditioned stimulus and produces a conditioned response when the baby is fed (happy)

Question 2

what are the steps of operant conditioning

Answer 2

1) child cries
2) triggers a response like the mother coming to comfort or feed the baby
3) the more this happens the more the action is reinforced, as the child associates the mother with those rewards
4) food is the primary reinforcer
5) the mother is the secondary reinforcer

Question 3

one weakness of classical conditioning

Answer 3

contradictory evidence from animal studies

Question 4

what did harlow demonstrate in his animals study

Answer 4

contact comfort was more important than food in the development of attachment

Question 5

what did harlow find in the monkeys behaviour

Answer 5

they formed a primary attahment to the cloth-bond mother, regardless of which mother was dispensing milk

Question 6

what did harlow study suggest

Answer 6

there is no unconditioned stimulus (of food)