Learning theory of attachment

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Across
  1. 3. A type of conditioning that involves learning through reinforcement
  2. 4. Hay & ___ suggest that SLT can explain attachment processes better than learning theory alone as parents demonstrate attachment behaviours to their children
  3. 7. Mothers are reinforced this way as babies stop crying when they are fed
  4. 9. This researcher found that baby monkeys display a preference towards contact comfort as opposed to food when forming an attachment
  5. 10. This is the milk when explaining attachment through classical conditioning
  6. 11. Schaffer & ___ found that babies usually form their primary attachment to their mother, regardless of whether she's the one to usually feed them
Down
  1. 1. Babies are reinforced this way as they are fed when they cry
  2. 2. A type of conditioning that involves learning through association
  3. 5. Feldman & ___ found that babies are not passive recipients of care and the mothers are very alert to their babies' active signalling
  4. 6. What the mother starts as when explaining attachment through classical conditioning
  5. 8. This researcher suggests that classical conditioning occurs when the attachment figure becomes associated with low anxiety and proximity-seeking behaviour is rewarded with anxiety reduction