Learning Theory Of Attachment Flashcards
What is classical conditioning?
Learning through association, eg.
Dog + Lead = Walk
What does the learning theory state?
That all behaviour is learnt through operant or classical conditioning.
What is operant conditioning?
Learning through feedback.
Eg. Behaviour➡️rewards➡️’stamped in’
Behaviour➡️punishment➡️’stamped out’
Who said that a child is born with reflux responses?
Dollard and Miller
According to this theory what is food classed as?
Pleasure for the infant
As the mother becomes associated with pleasure, she then becomes the..
Secondary reinforcer.
How has operant conditioning been involved with attachment?
- Food is a reward.
- The person providing the food is giving a reward.
- Child becomes attached based on the reinforcement of food.
- Giving the idea that attachment is learnt.
What is the Social Learning Theory?
- Suggests that we learn through imitation.
* Parents teach their child to become attached to them through rewards and modelling (imitation).
Who tested the Social Learning Theory?
Hey and Vespo
How is the learning theory flawed?
Psychologist say that an infant is not always attached to the person that feeds them.
Who are the supporting studies of the flaws of this theory?
- Harlows Monkey’s
- Shaffer and Emerson
- Efe Tribe
What did Shaffer and Emerson find?
•39% of infants were not specifically attached to the person that fed them.
