the goslings and then placed both groups under a box. Mother goose and "mother" lorenz stood aside as the box lifted. Each group of goslings went directly to its "mother." lorenz called this process imprinting. Imprinting…. It is the rapid‚ innate learning that involves attachment to the first moving objects seen. Contributions of ethological theory 1. focus on the biological and evolutionary basis of development 2. the use of careful observations in naturalistic settings Criticisms
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The learning theory proposes that attachment behaviours are learnt through the imitation of the attachment figures meaning they are not innate. One explanation of how this happens is through Classical Conditioning. In the Learning Theory Classical Conditioning is the forming of an attachment through association. The Learning Theory states that when a baby is born they naturally want food. When the mother feeds the baby it automatically associates the food which is the primary reinforces with its
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top marks‚ mention: Social releasers‚ Sensitive Period‚ Montropy‚ internal model and the continuity hypothesis): * “Bowlby’s theory of attachment is an evolutionary theory that suggests the behaviours demonstrated by caregivers and babies are an innate and indistinctive drive to form attachment and have evolved through natural selection. * According to Bowlby‚ forming an attachment enables an infant to explore the world whilst having a secure base for protection; when babies tend to form an
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Attachment is a key part of childhood and there are many theories on how humans attach to their caregivers in childhood. Bowlby’s(1958) theory on childhood attachment drives from his idea that humans have an innate disposition to form a close attachment to one special caregiver or monotropy. This is the survival of the fittest idea‚ that only babies with strong attachments to their mothers will live through to adulthood and although that is not something that strictly applies to modern day life
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From this we know that behaviourists are on the side of nature in the “nature vs. nurture” debate. In comparison bio psychologists will be firmly on the side of nurture. There is also the argument between behaviourists to whether behaviour is learnt better through positive or negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcement is when someone does something correctly and we reward them with a sweet or chocolate. A strength of this is that the individual will repeat the action again‚ but a limitation
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in children‚ researchers then found that children are in fact prejudiced‚ but debate arises about how they become prejudiced. Some studies suggested that children are born with being prejudiced and that it is innate and natural‚ where as other studies argue that prejudice behavior are learnt socially off parents‚ family‚ peers and the social environment in which they grew up in. Theories have been devised to help explain the prejudice processes of children by in-group and out-group behavior; there
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behaviourist approach is classical conditioning‚ where behaviours are learnt through association. This assumption was developed by a psychologist called Pavlov‚ through his research into dogs. After conditioning the neutral stimulus (the bell)‚ it produced a conditioned response‚ (salivation). This is because the dog had associated the bell with food. Another assumption of the behaviourist approach is operant conditioning‚ where behaviour is learnt through the consequences of the behaviour. Operant conditioning
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for a human being but Genie was only given food to live. Nothing else was known to her.The quality of relashionship between parents was really poor. Bowlby ’s (1969) theory of attachment‚ which views the bond between mother and child as being an innate process that ensures survival. It suggests that children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others‚ because this will help them to survive. Genie was subject to a maternal care deprivation and the abuse she was
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It is imperative to understand that one’s genetic makeup is the hereditary traits passed down from family generation and although it can be altered it is innate to each individual. Hereditary traits can play a role in the child’s development and could be altered by environmental influences. It is believed both nature and nurture play a tremendous part in the development of children. Both the genetic traits
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Describe the process by which genes and environment operate together to influence development. Discuss the significance of these processes for our understanding of child development. This essay will give a detailed account of the process by which genes and the environment operate together to influence development. Looking at Physical development and Language development and the perspectives of Natavism‚ Behaviourism. Constructivism and Social Constructivism it will explain the role of these perspectives
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