Author Question: Freud's psychoanalytic theory suggested that the basis for the development of attachment was a. ... (Read 74 times)

swpotter12 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Freud's psychoanalytic theory suggested that the basis for the development of attachment was

a. pleasure derived from oral activities such as sucking or feeding.
b. the mother acting as a conditioned stimulus for positive outcomes.
c. the maturing of the infant's concept of object permanence.
d. preprogrammed responses (such as smiling, crawling, or vocalizing) that help initiate or maintain contact.

Question 2

Which research topic would most appeal to a human ethologist such as John Bowlby?

a. Nurturance of eggs by brooding mother dinosaurs
b. Reflexes in human infants
c. Children's observational learning of video games
d. Learning of preschoolers' food preferences