Similarities And Differences Between Theories

Question 1

Similarities of bowlby evolutionary and learning theory

Answer 1

• written in 1950s
• both have rla
• focus on attachment between parent and child
• focus is on one factor
• element of survival
• reductionist
• deterministic
• identifies consequences

Question 2

Differences of bowlby evolutionary and learning theory of attachment

Answer 2

• evolution has research evidence
• bowlby behaviour is inate
• classical conditioning via food, evolution through caregivers
• learning theory has contradicted evidence through Harlow
• evolution is more complex