PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Rhesus Macaque, Social Learning Theory, Bed Sheet

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Specifically, this was influenced by alfred binet, a french psychologist that invented the first intelligence test. The early theories of attachment: the two most earliest theories of attachment were made by psychologists in two groups: Psychodynamic and behaviourist: these two theories try to explain why a child is so attached so its caregiver (usually the mother), since most children form an intense and loving bond to the caregiver first and foremost, psychodynamic: Believe that the primary biological need is sex. Therefore, psychologists in this school of thought believe that the child forms the bond with the mother in order to satisfy sexual gratification: behaviourist: Believe that the primary biological need is survival. Believe that the secondary emotional need is attachment. Therefore, psychologists in this school of thought believe that the child forms the bond with the mother because the food and nurturance of the mother aids in the child"s ability to survive.