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learning theory of attachment, AO3 - evaluation - Coggle Diagram
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AO3 - evaluation
LIMITATION
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2- E.G. = Schaffer & Emmerson( 1964)found babies tended to form main attachments to mothers regardless of whether she was the one who fed them #
- they carried out a study using 60 infants from Glasgow
- were observed every 4 weeks until 1 & again at 18 month (all normal births)
-found 39% of cases, the person who fed bathes and changed baby wasnt primary figure but person whose most responsive
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2- another study, Isabella et al (1989) found high levels of interactional synchrony predicted the quality of attachment ( not related to feeding)
STRENGTH
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2- conditioning may still play a role in attachment
- E.G. = a baby may associate feeling warm and comfortable with the presence of a particular adult
---> may influence baby's choice of their main attachment figure
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LIMITATION
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2- E.G. = Lorenz geese imprinting on 1st moving object they saw regardless of whether it was associated with food.
- 2 wire mothers , 1 with food and one had soft wrapping and no food
- also in harlows research with monkeys, there was no support of the importance of food
-when given a choice, harlows monkeys displayed attachment towards a soft surrogate "mother" in preference to a wired one which provided milk
COUNTERPOINT
1- both classical and operant conditioning explanations see the baby playing a passive role in attachment development
--> responding to associations with comfort / reward
2- research shows that babies take an active role in interactions that produce attachment ( Feldman & Eidelman 2007)
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