Explaining attachment through operant conditioning

Infants learn to cry for their caregiver through...

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Punishment

Infants learn to cry for their caregiver through positive reinforcement. This is because...

Caregivers learn to respond to their crying child (e.g., by feeding it) through...

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Punishment

Caregivers learn to respond to their crying child (e.g., by feeding it) through negative reinforcement because...

Punishment is not relevant when explaining why infants learn to cry/caregivers learn to respond to a crying infant because...