Learning theory of attachment is sometimes called the cupboard love explanation , Classical conditioning involves learning to associate two stimuli, Baby learns that mother produces a sense of pleasure, Operant conditioning explains why babies cry for comfort , Attachment is an innate system that gives a survival advantage, The law of continuity means that the more constant a child's care the better the quality of attachment, Babis are born with social releasers these are cute behaviours that encourage attention from adults, There is a critical period of about two years when the infant attachment period is active  , The first attachment forms an internal working model of relationships, Bowlby's theory is described as monotropic because of the emphasis on the child's attachment to one caregiver. ,

Explanations of attachment

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