Q) Evaluate 2 theories of attachment.
There are two types of attachment theories one is learning theory and the other one is Evolutionary theory.
Learning theory suggest that attachment is learned process (nurture ) which is based on the rewards of feeding and comfort giving by their caregiver, it is known as cupboard love theory because it claims that attachment is based on food and comfort . Learning theory is also based on the principles of operant and classical conditioning. The Assumption of learning theory is all behaviour is learned rather than innate and this includes attachment through classical or operant conditioning, babies at birth are like blank slates, focuses on what people do, not what they think and based on consequences – a pleasant outcome (reward ) the behaviour that produced this likely to be repeated i.e. positive reinforcement . A behaviour which stops something unpleasant taking a painkiller is known as negative reinforcement.
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Quality of writing
The Quality of Written Communication is poor for both an English perspective and a Psychology perspective. The first paragraph particularly, requires someone with a good level of knowledge about Psychology to piece together what is being said as it simply doesn't follow grammatical norms. The spelling is not so much of an issue, and neither is punctuation. The candidates use of psychology terminology is fair, if a little erroneous in parts. I recommend familiarising yourself with familiarising
Level of analysis
The Level of Analysis is generally quite poor. Few strengths and weaknesses are identified, and they are not fully explained, so the candidate can only earn marks for the key words they drop in. The candidate is often unclear and not wholly accurate - "Punishment weakens behaviour" is erroneous. Behaviour is strengthened by all reinforcement. To refrain from doing something as a result of negative reinforcement or punishment still sees a change in behaviour, so candidates are reminded that the need for precision and accuracy is important.
Response to question
This is a perfect example of what can happen when the candidate does not pay attention to the question. The command word here is "Evaluate", and it asks for "two" theories to be evaluated, so the marks are awarded mostly for AO2 (critical evaluation) but also for AO1 (knowledge and understanding), although the latter objective holds considerably less marks and therefore does not require so much to be written about it. This question should be worth about 12 marks, with 6 marks given for each theory that feature a balanced discussion and analysis. The candidate provides extensive detail about one theory of attachment (Behavioural Conditioning), but neglects to mention a second beyond the first paragraph, where they mention "Evolutionary Theory". As a result, a maximum of 6/12 marks can be obtained here. However, the candidate is not clear nor precise enough when talking about their evaluation and makes some errors which mightn't look much, but actually suggest that there is not a full understanding of behavioural conditioning (more on this in Level of Analysis). So the candidate here can expect to earn 1/2 marks for the small amount of AO1 required (though what is written is far superfluous and more time should've been dedicated to writing a more accurate evaluation and only 1/4 marks for evaluation (plus 0/6 for the second theory which is not written about) making a total of only 2/12 marks for this answer, because they neglect to address the question correctly.