Cards (2)

    • Bowlby rejected learning theory as an explanation for attachment, arguing that if attachment were purely based on feeding, infants would form attachments with anyone who fed them, which is not observed.
    • Instead, Bowlby proposed an evolutionary explanation:
    • Attachment is an innate system that provides a survival advantage.
    • Like imprinting in animals, attachment evolved to keep young close to caregivers for protection.