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One evolutionary theory of attachment is Bowlby‘s theory of monotropy . Attachment is described as innate , as we have a biological need to attach to our main caregiver as it has enabled our survival. Infant...

The working memory model proposes that the short term memory isn't unitary, but is split into separate stores. One store is the central executive which is involved in attention and higher mental processes. T...

Conditioning refers to behaviour which is leaned. Two main types of conditioning have been identified in Psychology, these are classical and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning refers to behaviour e...

An electrical impulse arrives at the pre-synaptic neuron and triggers the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. The neurotransmitters diffuse across the synaptic cleft and bind to the post sy...

The working memory model, devised by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974, proposes that short-term memory (STM) is a collection of multiple stores which actively process different types of STM. According to the 1974 ...