Describe and evaluate the learning theory for attachments. The learning theory suggests that we are born with a blank slate which means everyone starts off exactly the same‚ and then we learn all of our behaviours once we are born. The learning theory is split into two areas‚ Operant and Classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is one part of the learning theory to describe attachments. This states that attachments are formed through positive and negative reinforcements. An example of positive
Premium Reinforcement Reward system Operant conditioning
Describe and evaluate the evolutionary theory of food preferences According to an evolutionary approach current human behaviour can be understood in terms of how it may have been adaptive in our ancestral past. Evolutionary theorists are concerned with behaviour which is adaptive and having survival value‚ these researchers look for ultimate explanations. Current behaviours may be maladaptive and dysfunctional but can be understood as having been adaptive and functional in some way. To undertake
Premium Nutrition Natural selection Motivation
schooling experience aligns with the Ainsworth-Bowlby study on attachment theory. Formally established in the year 1991‚ the two psychologists - Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby - worked separately on their studies‚ yet in conjunction for developing the overall behavioral theory. Ainsworth “formulated the concept of material sensitivity to infant signals and its role in the development of the infant-mother attachment patterns” (Bretherton 759); in addition‚ Bowlby “revolutionized [our] thinking about a child’s
Premium Baseball English-language films Play
developed by John Bowlby. Starting in the early 1940s he suggests that there is an innate nature attachment‚ this meaning that a baby is born biologically with ideas/ behaviours‚ for a baby to form an attachment with a caregiver. Bowlby suggests that the main reason for this instinctive attachment is due to the primary dependency for food and survival on a mother figure. Based on Freud’s theory that a mother – child relationship is important in forming future attachments Bowlby argues that the primary
Premium Attachment theory Psychology Developmental psychology
John Bowlby: Attachment Theory Laura Johnson COUNS 605A March 10‚ 2012 Historical Background Edward ‘John’ Mostyn Bowlby was born in London on February 26‚ 1907 and died in 1990‚ one of the middle children of six siblings‚ to upper class parents. John’s father was a surgeon to royalty‚ later knighted first Baronet‚ only saw the children on Sundays. John’s mother believed parental attention and affection would lead to dangerous spoiling of the children‚ as was customary of the day
Premium
The first of the two theories was put forward by Byrne and Clore in 1970. They named this theory about the formation of relationships the Reward/Need Satisfaction Theory. Their theory suggests that we are attracted to people we find satisfying to be with. This can be demonstrated by asking people why they are attracted to their partner‚ the usual answers are: caring‚ supportive‚ affectionate or just good fun. We‚ as humans‚ are motivated to seek stimuli that are rewarding to us. We are equally
Premium Personality psychology Experiment Interpersonal relationship
How does your understanding of attachment theory and maternal deprivation inform your understanding of nursing/midwifery practice? “The relationship between mothers and infants is critical for child development. For whatever reason‚ in some cases‚ that relationship doesn’t develop normally. Neglect and abuse can result‚ with devastating effects on a child’s development” (Strathearn‚ 2008) A psychological perspective of attachment is a term to describe a reciprocal emotional tie that develops
Premium Attachment theory John Bowlby
Describe and evaluate Milgram’s study into obedience Milgram (1963)’s aim was to see the levels of obedience to authority‚ he recruited 40 male participants by advertising for volunteers on newspaper to take part of a study of memory at Yale University. Each individual was paid $4.50 and was told that they would receive this money even if they quit during the study. The participants were always the teachers and confederates were the learners. The participants were told that if the learner got
Premium Stanford prison experiment Milgram experiment Psychology
Bowlby began his work in psychology as a psychiatrist for the Child Guidance Clinic in London. While treating emotionally disturbed children in London it prompted Bowlby to begin conducting research focusing on the importance of the relationship between the mother and the child as it relates to the child’s social‚ emotional and cognitive development. Specifically‚ it shaped his belief about the connection between early infant separations with the mother and this led Bowlby to develop
Premium Sexual intercourse Human sexual behavior Human sexuality
raised such as his struggle to understand democracy‚ morals and other abstracts and the difficulty of fitting in with a group of friends. John’s situations and difficulties can be broadened through the use of Piaget‚ Erikson and Bowlby’s theories. John Bowlby believed that children who did not receive much care and social interaction were left more open to psychological ramifications when they grow up such as the difficulty of forming a close bond with another individual. In John’s story it states
Premium Developmental psychology Maternal deprivation Attachment theory