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What is meant by operant conditioning?
Operant conditioning is learning via experience and consequences.
Learning theory suggests that people are born as:
a) empty boxes
b) blank slates
c) still waters
b.
Learning theory suggests that people are born as blank slates.
According to the learning theory of attachment, what is the unconditioned stimulus, and what/who is the conditioned stimulus?
According to the learning theory of attachment, the unconditioned stimulus is food, and the conditioned stimulus is the caregiver who feeds the baby.
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What is meant by operant conditioning?
Operant conditioning is learning via experience and consequences.
Learning theory suggests that people are born as:
a) empty boxes
b) blank slates
c) still waters
b.
Learning theory suggests that people are born as blank slates.
According to the learning theory of attachment, what is the unconditioned stimulus, and what/who is the conditioned stimulus?
According to the learning theory of attachment, the unconditioned stimulus is food, and the conditioned stimulus is the caregiver who feeds the baby.
What is another term for the learning theory of attachment?
a) The Oedipus Complex
b) Baby Buggy theory
c) Cupboard Love theory
c.
Another term for the learning theory of attachment is 'cupboard love' theory.
According to operant conditioning, if a behaviour produces a consequence, then the behaviour is less likely to be repeated.
According to operant conditioning, if a behaviour produces a negative consequence, then the behaviour is less likely to be repeated.
True or False?
According to operant conditioning, food is a secondary reinforcer.
False.
According to operant conditioning, food is a primary reinforcer.
Which type of studies contradict the learning theory of attachment?
a) Animal studies
b) Strange Situation studies
c) Double-blind studies
a.
Animal studies contradict the learning theory of attachment.
Harlow found that monkeys attached to a cloth 'mother' when food was provided by a wire mother, suggesting comfort is more important than food in forming attachments.
The learning theory of attachment is overly:
a) holistic
b) deterministic
c) nomothetic
b.
The learning theory of attachment is overly deterministic, as it claims that an attachment can only happen between the infant and the caregiver who feeds them.
Does Bowlby's monotropic theory favour the nature or the nurture side of the nature-nurture debate?
Bowlby's monotropic theory favours the nature side of the nature-nurture debate.
Bowlby suggests that attachment is an innate response determined by the evolutionary mechanism to aid survival.
What is meant by a monotropic attachment?
A monotropic attachment is one in which the child forms an attachment to one (mono) key primary caregiver.
Bowlby proposed two principles to explain monotropic attachment, which are (select two):
a) The law of accumulated separation
b) The law of nomothetics
c) The law of continuity
d) The law of cupboard love
a and c.
The law of continuity: the more constant and predictable a child's care, the better the quality of attachment.
The law of accumulated separation: every separation from the primary attachment figure has a negative effect on the child.
Smiling, cooing, gripping a finger - all of these behaviours are known as social , according to Bowlby.
Smiling, cooing, gripping a finger - all of these behaviours are known as social releasers, according to Bowlby.
Social releasers trigger the adult to interact with the infant so that an attachment can be formed.
True or False?
Bowlby suggested a critical period for attachment to form from three to six months.
True.
Bowlby suggested a critical period for attachment to form from three to six months.
The most sensitive period occurs around six months of age.
If attachments are not made during this period, then the child will find it difficult to form attachments later in life.
Define internal working model.
An internal working model is used as the basis for what relationships look like (a mental representation), based on a child's attachment history.
A child who experiences a loving and secure relationship with their primary caregiver will grow into an adult who:
a) is quite happy to be on their own
b) has intense, passionate relationships full of highs and lows
c) enjoys healthy and fulfilling relationships
c.
A child who experiences a loving and secure relationship with their primary caregiver will grow into an adult who enjoys healthy and fulfilling relationships.
True or False?
The work of Lorenz is in direct opposition to Bowlby's monotropic theory.
False.
The work of Lorenz supports and reflects Bowlby's monotropic theory.
Both researchers thought that attachment is an innate response that increases survival.
One criticism of Bowlby's monotropic theory was presented by Rutter (2010) who proposed that:
a) attachment can still develop after the critical period of three to six months
b) attachment is not innate
c) the internal working model does not exist
a.
One criticism of Bowlby's monotropic theory was presented by Rutter (2010), who proposed that attachment can still develop after the critical period of three to six months.
A limitation of Bowlby's monotropic theory is that babies form attachments rather than being attached to just a primary caregiver.
A limitation of Bowlby's monotropic theory is that babies form multiple attachments rather than being attached to just a single primary caregiver.