Counter-evidence from studies on animals

• P- learning theory of attachment argues that we become most attached to the person that feeds us. Contradictory evidence for This assumption comes from Schaffer and Emerson (1969)
• E- Schaffer and Emerson (1969) found less than one half of the children in their study had attachments to those that fed them. A nanny may be in charge of taking care of the child, but attachment still the strongest with parents
• E- this contradicts the strongest principle of learning theory because if this theory was correct, 100% of the babies would’ve formed an attachment to Whoever fed them
• L- this suggests that food is not the main factor in the formation of attachment