explanations of attachment

• What is meant by attachment?

  An emotional relationship between two people and feel more secure in the presence of the attachment figure
• What term is used to describe the attachment formed due to receiving food from caregivers?

  'Cupboard love'
• How does food contribute to a baby's comfort according to the learning theory?

  Food reduces hunger and makes the baby feel comfortable.
• What is meant by 'drive reduction' in the context of attachment?


  It refers to the caregiver providing food that meets the baby's needs, reducing hunger.
• What type of drive is hunger classified as?

  Primary drive
• What type of drive is attachment classified as?

  Secondary drive
• What role does classical conditioning play in attachment?

  It creates the attachment bond.
• How does operant conditioning affect the attachment bond?

  It strengthens the attachment bond.
• Classical conditioning- learning by association

  
• By the mother stopping the baby crying (removing the bad) it is negative reinforcement
• When a baby cries the mother responds by feeding the baby (reward)

  therefore giving the baby positive reinforcement
• Evaluation of the learning theory explanation of attachment:

  ☹️ reductionist

  ☹️ evidence to contradict- Harlow

  ☹️ evidence to contradict- Schaffer and Emerson

  🙂 scientific

  ☹️ evidence to contradict from Lorenz