Learning Theories of attachment

What is the main idea behind classical conditioning in the context of attachment theory?

• Caregiver becomes a conditioned stimulus through association with food.

• Caregiver provides comfort through physical touch.

• Caregiver is the primary attachment figure due to feeding.

• Caregiver models attachment behaviors.

According to operant conditioning, how is crying behavior reinforced in infants?

• Positively for the caregiver and negatively for the baby.

• Positively for the baby and negatively for the caregiver.

• Only positively for the caregiver.

• Only negatively for the baby.

What does the concept of "attachment as a secondary drive" suggest?

• Attachment is a primary drive independent of hunger.

• Attachment is a secondary drive through association with hunger.

• Attachment is unrelated to hunger.

• Attachment is a primary drive through association with comfort.

What did Lorenz and Harlow's animal studies suggest about attachment?

• Feeding is the key to attachment.

• Comfort is the key to attachment.

• Feeding is not the key to attachment.

• Social interaction is the key to attachment.

What did Schaffer and Emerson's studies on humans reveal about the primary attachment figure?

• Always the person who feeds the child.

• Not always the person who feeds the child.

• Always the person who provides comfort.

• Not always the person who provides comfort.

What role does interactional synchrony play in attachment according to Isabella et al.?

• It is unrelated to attachment quality.

• It is related to attachment quality.

• It is the sole determinant of attachment.

• It is less important than feeding.

How might conditioning influence the choice of a primary attachment figure?

• Through association with feeding.

• Through association with comfort.

• Through association with play.

• Through association with discipline.

What is a counterpoint to the idea that babies are passive in attachment?

• Babies are more active in attachment.

• Babies are less active in attachment.

• Babies are equally active and passive.

• Babies are only passive in attachment.

What does the social learning theory suggest about attachment behaviors?

• They are innate and unchangeable.

• They involve modeling attachment behaviors.

• They are solely based on feeding.

• They do not involve modeling.

Who proposed the cupboard love theory?

• Lorenz and Harlow

• Schaffer and Emerson

• Dollard and Miller

• Hay and Vespo