Learning theory Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
RTC learning theory of attachment was conducted by?
A
Harlow as he found that the money’s spent more time with the surrogate mother who provided them with comfort, rather than the surrogate mother who provided them with food
2
Q
Why does Harlow’s research contradict the learning theory?
A
It contradicts the learning theories assumption that we learn to attach to the person who feeds us via associations
3
Q
Who else conducted research to contradict learning theory?
A
Schaffer and Emerson
4
Q
What did Schaffer and Emerson find that contradicts learning theory?
A
They found that infants tended to form attachments to their mother regardless of whether she was the one who usually fed them, attachment was more due to responding to infants signals and interacting with them
