PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Harry Harlow, Ethology, Behaviorism
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Attachment- used to describe affectional ties that bind an intimate relationship. All differnet approaches try to explain how attachments are formed and their reasons. All approaches have strengths + limitations: such limitations have led to different view of nature of attachment. Few areas of developmental theories where theres a dominant approach. Borrows from all other approaches behaviourist and psycholytical attachment. Both converge on 1 theory based on attachment. Both focus on feeding behaviour behaviourist beliefs about advantage of feeding feeding is important bc drive reduction model for 2 reasons feeding elicit pos response from infant likely to increase caregiver affection for infant. Mother"s are able to relax w/ infant. Provide infant w/ comfort infant associated all pleasurable feelings w/ that individual- thus that person (mom) becomes the primary source of reinforcement. Attachment does not depend on hunger satisfaction demonstrated by harry harlow and zimmerman studied baby monkeys who were separated mothers.
