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 or the lack of is one of the major psychological problems that will be prominent throughout our lifetimes which also affects our behaviors from beginning to end. Behavior that stems from attachment can be linked to parenting styles and various trust issues for the person regardless of age in question. When it comes to attachment it is simply meant as the relationship one has with another. An example being the attachment a young infant might have with their mother. Parenting styles are
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Attachment styles have been studied for many centuries. The quest to understand how we develop these attachments and what affects them has led to many studies throughout history. Mary Ainsworth’s studies and research are the most well-known when it comes to attachment styles. From her research and studies we have developed three main attachment styles. These styles are secure attachment style‚ avoidant attachment style‚ and anxious/ambivalent attachment style. Each person will fall somewhere within
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In my essay I am going to be talking about two theorists which are Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Linking them between infants‚ toddlers and young children while considering health and wellbeing‚ learning and development‚ environmental as well as safety and nutrition factors. Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a Switzerland born theorist who studied and observed the development of children. His theory is about cognitive development. It is linked to interaction with the environment‚ which is the process
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Discuss the contribution of Attachment Theory to the Social and Emotional development of young children. Introduction Child development is the changes which occur from birth untill puberty‚ in a biological‚ emotion and psychological sense. The events throughout this period plays a vital role in the behaviour and emotion of the child‚ therefore it is essential that the parents or parental figure acts appropriately around the child. Attachment can be defined as the affectional tie that a person
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1. Misha is a friend of mine who I just recently met; I’m observing her 19 month old daughter Amaya at her house around noon. 2. During the day when they are at home by their selves they play games with each other and when the cartoon Spongebob comes on they watch Spongebob. Around one o’clock Misha begins to prepare a meal for her and feeds her. After she feeds her she puts her in the bath to get ready for a nap. 3. Her daughter is a very observant person. You can tell she had stranger anxiety
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The attachment theory came about in the early 1950’s from psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. The definition of attachment according to Bowlby is the enduring deep emotional bond between a child and a specific caregiver. Bowlby described attachment as a “lasting psychological connectedness between human beings” (Bowlby‚ 1969‚ p. 194). Bowlby believed that attachment characterized human experience from "the cradle to the grave." Attachment is not only present in infants but it continues
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Bowlby’s attachment theory is built on the idea that every human being is born with a biologically pre-programmed ability to create attachments (McLeod‚ 2007). He believed that the need to make attachments was derived from threats to our survival‚ which came from either internal forces or the external world (Belsky‚ 2016). These threats to a human’s survival produced the “fear of strangers” survival mechanism‚ which Bowlby claimed every child possessed when he or she is born (McLeod‚ 2007). It
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under the disorganization attachment can behave in two different ways towards their caregivers. The adolescents can act harshly towards their parents by degrading them or being defiant towards them or they will take on the caregiving role and try to comfort their parents. Even though these are two different types of temperaments‚ it has been narrowed down to a certain behavior trait‚ which is a controlling behavior. Other behaviors that have stemmed from this attachment style are self-harm‚ fear
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The attachment theory by Ainsworth is based on how an infant reacts to the separation to the reunion of a primary care giver. She collaborated with John Bowlby‚ the process of observing and accessing the quality of attachment in this relationship. The theory has four forms of attachment and they will determine the relationship between the caregiver and the child from infancy‚ adolescent and adulthood. The four forms are Secure‚ Avoidant‚ Resistant‚ and Disorganized‚ and each will teach the child
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