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WorksheetsTheories and stages of attachment
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
This theory states that an attachment develops because of innate drives.
Bowlby's evolutionary theory
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Parental conditioning
Classical conditioning refers to learning through
Reinforcement and Punishment
Association
Observational Learning
What type of learning is being described; 'The removal of an unpleasant stimulus which results in desired behaviour being repeated.'
Negative Punishment
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
According to the learning theory of attachment, food acts as a primary reinforcer, whilst the mother who supplies it becomes a secondary reinforcer as she becomes associated with food.
True
False
What are some of the problems with Learning Theory?
Deterministic
Reductionist
Scientific
Use of animal research
Attachment is the (a) bond formed between infants and young children and their main caregiver.
Bowlby's theory of attachment suggests that infants are biologically pre programmed to from attachments.
True
False
Select all that are true of Bowlby's theory of attachment.
In their early months, infants form more than 1 primary attachment
Infancy is a critical period for developing attachments
Attachment to the primary caregiver is essential
Attachments to the primary caregiver in infancy does not impact future attachments
A disruption to attachment has a negative impact on development.
In Schaffer and Emerson's stages of attachment at what age do infants respond to any caregiver?
0-3 months
4-7 months
7-9 months
10 months +
In Schaffer and Emerson's stages of attachment at what age do infants start to feel unhappy when separated from their primary caregiver?
0-3 months
4-7 months
7-9 months
10 months +
In Schaffer and Emerson's stages of attachment by what age have infants formed multiple attachments?
7-9 months
10 months +
18 months
2 years
