Describe and Evaluate the Learning Theory into Attachment. (12 marks) According to the learning theory, infants learn to be attached to their primary caregiver through classical conditioning and operant conditioning. By the process of classical conditioning, the baby forms an association between the mother, who is a neutral stimulus, and the feeling of pleasure that comes from being fed, an innate unconditioned response. At first, the baby simply feels comforted by food. However each time he is fed, the mother is there too.
Major’s philosophy therefore fails its practical test. In many ways, the more interesting question is why this happens. Major’s vision is flawed because he fails to identify the real cause. He sees the problems as being outside the animals. If only they can change the environment, he urges the animals, things will improve.
In the Hot Zone, scientists collected monkeys and began testing them to check for any traces or signs of viruses and/ or diseases. The scientists were not sure of the virus so they were most likely unsure of what exactly they were doing. Not only could they have been harming the monkeys, they may have harmed themselves as well. An example of this would be when Nancy Jaax’s suit had ripped. Although she did not get infected, there was a very high chance that she could have been.
Outline and Evaluate behavourist view of attachment The learning theory refers to as behaviourists theory' attempts to explain all behaviour in terms of conditioning. The learning theory suggests that through classical conditioning, which is to associate a stimulus with a response, in this case it is food, the baby becomes attached with the person feeding them, causing them to associate their caregivers with food. The baby feels secure around the caregiver because the caregiver is satisfying the babies' psychological needs. This theory is a 'cupboard-love' theory because a baby will only become attached to someone who fulfills his or her psychological needs. This theory may have something to do with the development of attachment because the baby is dependent on the caregiver to feed them, and without food the baby will not survive.
[animal-testing.procon.org] Researchers in Aston University have made it known that it is not worth taking the lives of these animals for testing, because the things we’re trying to make happen with human bodies is very different from the animal body. The anatomic, metabolic, and cellular differences between animals and people make animals poor models for human beings. There is a big percentage from the 1950’s up till now that animal testing is flawed by not being correct when it is given to the people it is for. So why not just stop the animal experiments that are not just killing, but also torturing the animals.
Also the way that the animals react to the stress of the experiments can severely affect the end results, rendering the experiments meaningless. Although it is true that we need animals to test our medical drugs on because if we didn’t, with modern day technology we wouldn’t be able to find cures for major diseases. But that doesn’t mean we should treat them so
The central idea of attachment theory is that mothers who are available and responsive to their infant’s needs establish a sense for security. The infant knows that the caregiver is dependable, which creates a secure base for the child to explore their surroundings. The characteristics involved with attachment theory are: a safe haven, secure base, proximity maintenance and separation distress. In the process of forming attachments, infants learn a lot about other people and themselves. For example, a baby slowly develops expectations about shared routines (“ When Grandma says,’ Peekaboo’, I hide my eyes and we both laugh”), beliefs about other people’s trustworthiness (“Mommy takes care of me”), emotional connections (“ I love my Daddy”), and a
However, in the study done by Harlow, H. F., & Harlow, M. in 1966, it was proven that attachment is equally, if not more importantly, an emotional bond as it is a bond of survival. This was proven in their experiment ‘Harlow’s Monkeys’ by placing a false motherly figure made of wire with a false motherly figure made of cloth in a cage with infant rhesus monkeys. The wire mother had a milk supply and the cloth mother did not. Despite the lack of food, the monkeys gravitated towards the cloth mother in times of distress. The wire mother was approached only when hungry.
If you notice your child eating too less or too much, you as the parent must make a change for your child. Whether the change includes the way you purchase household groceries or the way you prepare your meals in your home, you must maintain healthy children or try your best too. After reading my paper, the reader will know what to look for in an healthy child. What questions to ask your child on a daily basis. What groceries to purchase, what groceries are unhealthy to purchase when grocery shopping.
People often do not realize that the act of neglecting, ignoring can also be a part of animal abuse. They also do not realize that animal cruelty is an act of killing ourselves that can be solved by law enforcement, environmental protection, prohibition of animal testing. People are under the obsession that animal testing is one of the safest ways to experiment different chemicals and rationalize themselves from the fact that it’s one of the tragic ways to kill a living creature.