Attachments Flashcards
(37 cards)
What is classical conditioning?
Attachments are learnt via a stimulus response system
What is the learning theory?
Attachments have to be learnt, usually with the aid of food
What will cause an unconditioned response?
Unconditioned stimulus
What is caused by an unconditioned stimulus?
Unconditioned response
Who usually is the neutral stimulus?
The caregiver (feeder)
With repetition, what can the neutral stimulus become?
Conditioned stimulus
What does the unconditioned response become with the conditioned stimulus?
Conditioned response
What is operant conditioning?
That attachments are learnt on a reward and punishment scheme
What is the primary reinforcer?
Food
What is the secondary reinforcer?
Caregiver
Which case studies support the learning theory?
Skinner’s box
Pavlov’s dogs
Which case studies go against the learning theory?
Harlow’s monkeys
What is the evolutionary theory?
Forming attachments is innate and present in both infant and mother
Why have we adapted our attachment behaviour?
To increase our chance of survival
What is the critical period?
The two years in which an attachment must form, after birth
What is monotropy?
A special, intense attachment that should form between a baby and its mother
What is the internal working model?
The idea that a child will form a way of how to live their life based on their monotropic relationship
What are social releases?
They unlock to innate tendencies in adult to care for them
What is the continuity hypothesis?
That a child’s internal working model will alter depending on the type of caregiver
What internal working model will develop with a sensitive caregiver?
Positive
What internal working model will develop with a rejecting caregiver?
Unworthy
What internal working model will develop with an inconsistent caregiver?
Negative
Who came up with the theory of imprinting?
Konrad Lorenz
How long was the critical period for Lorenz’s geese?
A few hours
