Evaluation Of Learning Theory Flashcards

1
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What casts doubt on the learning theory?

A

The fact that attachments are complex behaviours with intense emotions

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What did Schaffer comment on?(cupboard love theories)

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That cupboard love theories put things the wrong way round - babies don’t live to eat but eat to live

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What suggests that food isn’t the main reason for formation of attachment?

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Babies need food occasionally, but constantly require the emotional security that closeness to an attachment figure provides

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4
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How are behaviourist explanations reductionist?

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As they explain complex behaviours in the simplest way

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5
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What does social learning theory not consider?

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Internal cognitive mental processes

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