Explanations

• What are the 2 explanations of why we attach?

  • Evolutionary theory (Bowlby)
  • Leaarning theories (Dollard and Miller)
• What does the evolutionary theory of attachment say?

  • The tendency to form attachments is innate
  • This tendency is present in both infants and mothers. It's to do with survival
• What do the learning theories of attachment say?

  • Infants have no innate tendency to form attachments
  • They LEARN attachments because of FOOD