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CLEP Educational Psychology Theorists And Theories

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1. Development; Concepts: stages of moral development; Study Basics: Studied boys responses to and processes of reasoning in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is 'Heinz' who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he ste






2. The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished






3. Psychoanalytic Theory of Learning; The role of the Unconscious Mind in Learning






4. Drive Reduction Theory






5. Humanistic Theory of Learning






6. Refers to one's belief about one's ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes. Those with high levels for a particular task are more likely to succeed than those with low levels






7. Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)






8. Vygotsky - ZPD refers to the observation that children - when learning a particular task or body of information - are unable initiallly to do the task. Later they can do it with the assistance of an adult or older child mentor - and finally they can






9. (Behaviorism - Skinner)- a model which states that when a resonse is followed by a reinforcer - the result will be an increase in the probability that this response will occur again under similar conditions.






10. (Thorndike)- the idea that bonds between stimulus and response are strengthened by recency - frequency - and contiguity.






11. While earlier theories often focused on abnormal behavior and psychological problems - humanist theories instead emphasized the basic goodness of human beings. Some of these theorists include Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.






12. Physiological- water - sleep food. Safety- security - shelter - protection Belongingness- love - friendship - acceptance. Ego Needs- prestige - status. Self Actualization- self fulfillment - enriching experiances

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13. (Piaget) - an element of a cognitive structure. Schema refers to a general potential to perform a class of behaviors - and content describes the conditions that prevail during any particular example of that potential being activated. (Schemata = plul






14. Emotions and Affect Play a Role in Learning






15. Cognitive Dissonance






16. Connectionism; Wrote the thesis - 'Animal Intelligence: An Experimental Study of the Associative Processes in Animals' - in which he concluded that an experimental approach is the only way to understand learning and established his famous 'Law of Eff






17. A transitional group - bridging the gap between behaviorism and cognitive theories of learning. timulus-Response; Intervening Internal Variables; Purposive Behavior; E.C.Tolman - Clark Hull - Kenneth W. Spence






18. Variables being observed and measured in response to the independent variables - such as amount of time taken to learn a task or respond after a stimulus is given - number of responses - etc.






19. (G. A. Miller)- (Test - Operate - Test - Exit). These are operational feedback units that function within a self-regulated system.

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20. In the study of motivation - an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought.






21. Explanation of development that focuses on the quality of the early emotional relationships developed between children and their caregivers






22. Humanistic; Transformational Learning






23. Social Constructivism; The Zone of Proximal Development is a concept for which he is well known.






24. Follower of Jean Piaget. Developed and researched advanced organizers. Developed subsumation theorty - that the primary process in learning is subsumation where new material is relation to relevant ideas in the existing cognitive structure in a subst






25. (Brown - Cognitive apprenticeship)- knowledge which lacks application or cross contextual understanding.






26. Constructive Knowledge.Construct with ideas and concepts of what they know.






27. Theory of Classical Conditioning






28. Learning as a Mental Process






29. Constructivist; published The Process of Education; theories emphasize the significance of categorization in learning






30. Knowledge is Constructed; the Learner is an Active Creator






31. A theory that psychology is essentially a study of external human behavior rather than internal consciousness and desires.






32. Cognitive Apprenticeship






33. Coined the term 'Behaviorism'






34. Gestalt Learning Theory






35. Humanistic; Experiential Learning






36. (Tolman) - these are hypothetical constructs rather than physical parameters. They are definable and measurable but not observable. They have functional relationships with both independent and dependent variables. They are internal cognitive processe






37. (Estes) - A theory developed by Estes that attempts to show how stimuli are sampled and attached to responses. A statistical learning theory.






38. Albert Bandura - 1. Attention - the learner must have his/her senses directed at the model 2. Retention - coding - and storing the patterns so they can be retrieved. This may include vivid imagery an verbal descriptions. 3. Motor reproduction - kines






39. Four stage theory of cognitive development: 1. sensorimotor - 2. preoperational - 3. concrete operational - and 4. formal operational. He said that the two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth-assimilation and accomodation






40. (Thorndike) - Responses which occur just prior to a satisfying state of affairs are more likely to be repeated - and responses just prior to an annoying state of affairs are more likely NOT to be repeated.






41. Occurs when the presence of previously learned material interferes with the learning of new material.






42. A learning theory in which the probablity of a response is the dependent variable. Independent variables are usually stimuli controlled by the researcher. These are attempts to quantify and objectify learning research.






43. Multiple intelligence theory specifies seven different intelligences that presume a broadened definition of intelligence.






44. Operant Conditioning






45. 1925 - Observational Learning






46. Presented a theory of self-efficacy - or the importance of one's personal belief regarding self-ability and chances of success - as key to motivation.






47. Field Theoretical Approach






48. Constructivist; Genetic Epistemology; Stages of Cognitive Development






49. (Tolman)- the theory that animals (and humans) develop expectancy or anticipation of rewards for completing behaviors they have learned - and this expectancy functions as an internal incentive or motivation.






50. Emphasizes how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development - Developed the idea of the 'Zone of Proximal Development -' mainly focused on cognitive development of children.