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Behaviorist Perspective Behaviorists had given feeding a central role in the development of attachment. According to Hull's drive reduction model, the baby's hunger, the primary drive, is satisfied repeatedly by the mother. Her presence therefore becomes a secondary or learned drive, because pairing occurs with the relief of hunger and tension. As a result, the baby learns through experience to prefer all kinds of stimuli that come along with feeding activity, such as warm bodily contact, eye contact, and verbal communication (Sears, Maccoby, & Levin, 1957). Another behaviorist explanation of attachment is a model based on Skinner's principle of operant conditioning. Skinner rejected Hull's idea that primary drive reduction is the only way to get children to learn. According to Skinner, a child's behavior can be increased by following the behavior with a wide variety of reinforcers besides food, such as praise or a new toy. Certain behaviors can also be...

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