attachment

• Wilhelm Wundt is the founder of psychology as a subject
• the 6 approaches are: psychodynamic, behaviourism, humanist, social learning theory, cognitive approach , biological approach.
• an example of classical conditioning is Pavlov's dog
• an example of operant conditioning is skinners rat
• operant conditioning is learning to repeat behaviour for an award/ avoid punishment
• classical conditioning is the process of learning to associate two stimuli with a response
• Bowlbys theory of monotropy is that a child should have an innate ability to attach to one primary caregiver.
• The law of continuity is to be consistent and predictable in nature.
• The law of accumulated separation is related to avoiding periods of separation.
• social releasers stimulate caregiving from adults, leading to an attachment being formed.
• The internal working model suggests that a child forms an image of their primary caregiver and of themselves in their mind.
• The sensitive period is a period of two and a half years in which infants attachment system is active.