Attachment 3: Explanations
After studying this topic you should be able to:
- What factors determine the formation of attachments?
- Why do infants become attached to one person rather than another?
Learning theory
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- According to behaviourists, infants become attached to the person who feeds them, or gives them pleasure.
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- There may have been a confounding variable in the study, insofar as the shapes of the “mothers’” heads were different: a possible confounding variable
PROGRESS CHECK
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Psychodynamic theory
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Ethological theory
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