Explanations of Attachment – Learning Theory AO1: Learning Theory stated that all behaviour is learnt rather than innate and that we are born a ‘blank slate’. Behaviourists suggest that all behaviour is learned either through classical or operant conditioning. Classical Conditioning - Association Food produces pleasure‚ primary care giver (food giver) is associated with the food and becomes a conditioned stimulus. Operant Conditioning – Reward and punishment According to operant conditioning
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Attachment and a deep connection to our birthmother are engrained in us from the moment we take our first breath of air. Infants or better described as dependents‚ create defense mechanisms as tools to deal with negative emotions felt during a period of worry and anxiety. Crying‚ clinging and frenetically searching is experienced by most mammals‚ and are looked at as attachment behaviors to alert caregivers that the dependent is in a time of need. The theory of attachment was developed by John Bowlby
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Psychology Outline and evaluate the multi-store model The MSM was created by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968) who suggested that memory was comprised of three separate stores. They were; sensory memory‚ short term memory and long term memory. The model shows how information is transferred between the three stores. The model simply shows that when your are given information of environmental stimuli it will enter your sensory memory and only if you pay attention will it enter your short term memory‚
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Outline and evaluate the ‘WMM’ (12marks) The working memory model (WMM) has four components. The central executive controls and monitors the operation of the other 3 components. It also allocates attention. The phonological loop is sub-divided into 2 smaller components‚ the articulatory control system‚ where information is rehearsed sub vocally or in the inner voice and the phonological store where speech is held for a very brief duration in the inner ear. The third component is the visuo spatial
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Attachment Theory Hayley Hoffman Have you ever wondered why our emotional connections and reaction differ from person to person? Why some people desire close‚ emotional relationships‚ while others desire their independence and freedom. Psychologist John Bowlby was also interested in the differentiation between people‚ and began his research on this subject in the 1960’s. His research later on‚ developed into the what psychology knows today as the attachment theory. Through his research‚ Bowlby
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Outline and Evaluate Two Theories of Relationship Formation (24 marks) Byrne and Clores Reward/Need Satisfaction theory states that we will become attracted to a partner based on how that person makes us feel. Mutual attraction will occur when each partner meets the others’ needs. Stimuli in our lives can usually be seen as rewarding or punishing‚ rewarding stimuli making us happy and punishing stimuli having the opposite effect. We can also be attracted to someone through association of events
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Attachment theories are important to consider as it has been backed up by theorists that unstable or interrupted attachments in childhood carry out into adulthood. A child/young person needs attachments with their caregivers in order to thrive in their environment. According to Bowlby‚ attachment patterns are formed in the context of early life experiences with caregivers‚ and maintained by later interpersonal relationships in adulthood. Attachment patterns become internalized
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In our practice a lot of theories underpin our work including‚ but not limited to; Systems Theory (Ecological and Family)‚ Attachment Theory‚ Neurobiology of childhood Trauma‚ cognitive theory‚ behavioural theory and social learning theory as well as psycho social developmental theory. An understanding of child development is central to working in OOHC. Maslow and other theorists have highlighted the range of needs that children have‚ including physiological‚ security‚ social‚ egotistical and psychological
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Outline and evaluate one social psychological theory of aggression (24) One social-psychological theory of aggression is Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (SLT)‚ which suggests that people learn behaviour by not only direct reinforcement and punishment but also by observing the behaviour of others. If a person observes aggressive behaviour from a model figure‚ they may imitate this behaviour‚ especially if they identify or look up to the model. This does not necessarily mean that the aggressive behaviour
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she has to fight her to get the money for food so they are able to eat. Kayla has to put her mother Kathy to bed many nights because she is so high and can barely stand. Kayla becomes her mother care giver. I believe that the Attachment Theory plays a part. The attachment theory are concepts that explain the emergence of an emotional bond between an infant and primary care giver and the way in which this bond effects the child’s behavioral and emotional development into adulthood (www.psychologydictionary
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