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Explanations of Attachment: Learning Theory of Attachment - Coggle Diagram
Explanations of Attachment: Learning Theory of Attachment
Classical Conditioning
ASSOCIATION
Infants learn to associate their caregivers with satisfying their needs
The pleasure from this means they form an attachment
1.Food=Pleasure 2.PAF+Food=Pleasure 3.PAF=Pleasure
Stimulus Generalisation
The stimulus you have been trained to can lead to stimulus that are similar, producing a similar response
Operant Conditioning
Reinforcers
Primary
: a naturally occurring reaction to stimuli
Food is a primary reinforcer to children as it fills biological needs
Negative
: behaviour that increases behaviours by removing negative consequences or stimuli
When the caregiver feeds the child when it cries and the crying stops, this is negative reinforcement
Secondary
: a stimulus that becomes reinforcing after being paired with a primary reinforcer
Caregiver becomes secondary reinforcer because they provide the primary reinforcer
The child will try to stay close to the caregiver as they can, this is called
proximity-seeking
If other people feed the child it will multiple attachments, this is called
Stimulus Generalisation
Over time the infant learns to view food as a primary reinforcer which leads to the development of an attachment, with the infant seeking the person's presence linked with comfort
Result of
NURTURE
not NATURE
Leaning to attach
Behaviourist explanation