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CLEP Educational Psychology Theorists And Theories
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1. Constructivist; published The Process of Education; theories emphasize the significance of categorization in learning
Erik Erikson
Ivan Pavlov
Jerome Bruner
Intervening variables
2. Learning as a Mental Process
Cognitive Perspective
David Ausubel
Clark Hull
Edwin Guthrie
3. Insight Learning
William Kaye Estes
Wolfgang Kohler
B. F. Skinner
Law of Effect
4. Humanistic; Transformational Learning
Jack Mezirow
Dependent variables
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
Contiguity
5. 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
Abraham Maslow
Lev Vygotsky
Jean Piaget
Self-Efficacy
6. (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
Humanist Theories
Schema
Social Learning Perspective
Kohlberg
7. Coined the term 'Behaviorism'
Edwin Guthrie
John B. Watson
B. F. Skinner
Self-Efficacy
8. Gestalt Theory
Inert knowledge
Kurt Lewin
Keneth W. Spence
Kurt Koffka
9. Psychoanalytic Theory of Learning; The role of the Unconscious Mind in Learning
Expectancy Theory
Leon Festinger
Sigmund Freud
Clark Hull
10. Constructive Knowledge.Construct with ideas and concepts of what they know.
Brunner
Albert Bandura
Observational Learning
William Kaye Estes
11. Humanistic Theory of Learning
Law of Effect
Contiguity
William Kaye Estes
Abraham Maslow
12. Development; Concepts: gender in moral development; Study Basics: Did moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relations
Self-Actualization
Gilligan
Jack Mezirow
Humanist Theories
13. Explanation of development that focuses on the quality of the early emotional relationships developed between children and their caregivers
Gardner
Attachment Theory
B. F. Skinner
Clark Hull
14. (Thorndike)- the idea that bonds between stimulus and response take the form of neural connections. Learning involves the 'stamping in' of connections - forgetting involves 'stamping out' connections.
Connectionism
Jerome Bruner
Intervening variables
Schema
15. Dividing mental age by chronological age and multiplying by 100.
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Self-Actualization
Proactive inhibition
Social Learning Theory
16. A theory that psychology is essentially a study of external human behavior rather than internal consciousness and desires.
Behavioralism
Inert knowledge
Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky
17. 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
Kohlberg
Jack Mezirow
Schema
John B. Watson
18. 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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19. (Spence)- reinforcement combined with frustration or inhibitors facilitated finding a correct stimulus among a cluster which included incorrect ones. This was a 'carrot and stick' model.
Albert Bandura
Cognitive Perspective
Wolfgang Kohler
Discrimination Learning Theory
20. Emotions and Affect Play a Role in Learning
Humanistic Perspective
Discrimination Learning Theory
Jerome Bruner
Drive Reduction Theory
21. Structure of intellect stipulated that intelligence depends on our mental operations (or process of thinking) - our thoughts (i.e. - content) - and the products or end results of these operations.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
J.P. Guilford
Dependent variables
Edwin Guthrie
22. 1925 - Observational Learning
Bandura
B. F. Skinner
Albert Bandura
Gestalt Learning Theory
23. The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished
Social Learning Theory
Expectancy Theory
Abraham Maslow
Edward L.Thorndike
24. According to Maslow - the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one's potential
Contiguity
Self-Actualization
Inert knowledge
John B. Watson
25. 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.
Expectancy Theory
Lev Vygotsky
Discrimination Learning Theory
Drive Reduction Theory
26. Operant Conditioning
B. F. Skinner
Psychosexual Theory
Gilligan
Edward L.Thorndike
27. Cognitive Apprenticeship
Ivan Pavlov
Albert Bandura
John Seely Brown
Operant Conditioning
28. Occurs when the presence of previously learned material interferes with the learning of new material.
Cognitive Theories
Proactive inhibition
Bandura
Jerome Bruner
29. Constructivist; Genetic Epistemology; Stages of Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget
Behavioralism
Drive Reduction Theory
Max Wertheimer 1880
30. 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.
Statistical Learning Theory
David Ausubel
Lev Vygotsky
Sigmund Freud
31. 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
Operant Conditioning
Dependent variables
Jerome Bruner
Jean Piaget
32. Cognitive Dissonance
Kurt Lewin
Edward C. Tolman
Leon Festinger
David Ausubel
33. Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Schema
Max Wertheimer 1880
Constructivism
William Kaye Estes
34. Contiguity Theory; 'One-Trial Learning' (Behaviorism)
Edwin Guthrie
John B. Watson
Humanistic Perspective
Jean Piaget
35. (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
Lev Vygotsky
John Seely Brown
Intervening variables
Inert knowledge
36. 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
Abraham Maslow
Kurt Lewin
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
David Ausubel
37. Multiple intelligence theory specifies seven different intelligences that presume a broadened definition of intelligence.
Gardner
Jack Mezirow
Behavioralism
Keneth W. Spence
38. (Hull)- the notion that behavior occurs in reponse to 'drives' such as hunger - thirst - sexual interest - feeling cold - etc. When the goal of the drive is attained (food - water - mating - warmth) the drive is reduced - and this constitutes reinfor
Humanist Theories
Edward L.Thorndike
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Drive Reduction Theory
39. Learning as a group process; Lev Vygotsky 1896 - 1935 Social Constructivism
Proactive inhibition
B. F. Skinner
Behavioralism
Social Learning Perspective
40. 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
Expectancy Theory
Constructivism
Jean Piaget
Neo-behaviorism
41. (Behaviorism)- One explanation for learning in behaviorism; an association is built between two events simply because they occured simultaneously or overlapping in time.For example - if food is presented while some auditory signal is given - a dog wi
Drive Reduction Theory
Gilligan
Contiguity
Humanist Theories
42. 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
David Ausubel
Humanist Theories
Lev Vygotsky
William Kaye Estes
43. (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.
Kohlberg
Law of Effect
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Clark Hull
44. 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
Jean Piaget
Expectancy Theory
Observational Learning
Operant Conditioning
45. 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.
Social Learning Perspective
Dependent variables
Keneth W. Spence
Abraham Maslow
46. (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.
Behavioralism
Expectancy Theory
Constructivism
Operant Conditioning
47. 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.
Gardner
Bandura
Attachment Theory
Inert knowledge
48. (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.
Psychosexual Theory
Expectancy Theory
Cognitive Theories
Edward L.Thorndike
49. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Cognitive Theories
Law of Exercise
Erik Erikson
50. Field Theoretical Approach
Dependent variables
Gardner
Kurt Lewin
Intervening variables