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CLEP Educational Psychology Theorists And Theories
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1. Cognitive Apprenticeship
John Seely Brown
Operant Conditioning
David Ausubel
Brunner
2. (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
Cognitive Perspective
Contiguity
Gestalt Learning Theory
Self-Efficacy
3. Dividing mental age by chronological age and multiplying by 100.
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Kurt Lewin
Abraham Maslow
David Ausubel
4. Knowledge is Constructed; the Learner is an Active Creator
Jerome Bruner
Constructivism
Social Learning Perspective
Connectionism
5. Learning as a Mental Process
Cognitive Perspective
Ivan Pavlov
J.P. Guilford
Inert knowledge
6. Explanation of development that focuses on the quality of the early emotional relationships developed between children and their caregivers
Cognitive Theories
Attachment Theory
Proactive inhibition
Sigmund Freud
7. Learning as a group process; Lev Vygotsky 1896 - 1935 Social Constructivism
Edward L.Thorndike
Self-Efficacy
Social Learning Perspective
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
8. (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
Neo-behaviorism
Schema
Erik Erikson
Constructivism
9. 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
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Social Learning Perspective
Jack Mezirow
Jean Piaget
10. Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Leon Festinger
Sigmund Freud
John Seely Brown
William Kaye Estes
11. (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
Lev Vygotsky
Abraham Maslow
Proactive inhibition
12. Cognitive Dissonance
Drive Reduction Theory
Leon Festinger
Kurt Koffka
B. F. Skinner
13. Discrimination Learning
David Ausubel
Neo-behaviorism
Keneth W. Spence
Kohlberg
14. Humanistic; Transformational Learning
Drive Reduction Theory
John B. Watson
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Jack Mezirow
15. Freud's theory which emphasized that how parents manage their child's sexual and aggressive drives in he first few years is crucial for healthy personality development
Jean Piaget
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
Psychosexual Theory
Edwin Guthrie
16. 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?'
Jean Piaget
David Ausubel
Erik Erikson
Statistical Learning Theory
17. Field Theoretical Approach
Lev Vygotsky
Neo-behaviorism
Kurt Lewin
Jack Mezirow
18. 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
Jack Mezirow
TOTE's
Lev Vygotsky
Kohlberg
19. Occurs when the presence of previously learned material interferes with the learning of new material.
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
TOTE's
Proactive inhibition
Abraham Maslow
20. Gestalt Theory
Max Wertheimer 1880
Psychosexual Theory
Kurt Koffka
John B. Watson
21. Coined the term 'Behaviorism'
John B. Watson
Jean Piaget
Behavioralism
Carl Rogers
22. 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
Constructivism
Attachment Theory
Jean Piaget
Observational Learning
23. Humanistic; Experiential Learning
Gilligan
Carl Rogers
Neo-behaviorism
Attachment Theory
24. Constructivist; Genetic Epistemology; Stages of Cognitive Development
Observational Learning
Albert Bandura
Edwin Guthrie
Jean Piaget
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.
Lev Vygotsky
Expectancy Theory
TOTE's
Statistical Learning Theory
26. 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
Behavioralism
J.P. Guilford
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
Contiguity
27. Theory of Classical Conditioning
J.P. Guilford
Ivan Pavlov
B. F. Skinner
Leon Festinger
28. Insight Learning
Proactive inhibition
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Wolfgang Kohler
Expectancy Theory
29. 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
Edward L.Thorndike
Law of Effect
Jack Mezirow
Edward C. Tolman
30. Social Constructivism; The Zone of Proximal Development is a concept for which he is well known.
Gestalt Learning Theory
Gilligan
Lev Vygotsky
Carl Rogers
31. Contiguity Theory; 'One-Trial Learning' (Behaviorism)
Behavioralism
Jerome Bruner
David Ausubel
Edwin Guthrie
32. 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.
Humanistic Perspective
Schema
Bandura
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
33. (G. A. Miller)- (Test - Operate - Test - Exit). These are operational feedback units that function within a self-regulated system.
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34. 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
Gilligan
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Albert Bandura
Observational Learning
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
Intervening variables
Expectancy Theory
Constructivism
Jean Piaget
36. Sign Theory & Latent Learning
Edward C. Tolman
Jean Piaget
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Clark Hull
37. 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.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
J.P. Guilford
Cognitive Theories
B. F. Skinner
38. The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished
Gardner
B. F. Skinner
Psychosexual Theory
Social Learning Theory
39. 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.
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Wolfgang Kohler
Dependent variables
John Seely Brown
40. Psychoanalytic Theory of Learning; The role of the Unconscious Mind in Learning
Jerome Bruner
John Seely Brown
Bandura
Sigmund Freud
41. (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.
Proactive inhibition
Operant Conditioning
Bandura
Kurt Koffka
42. 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
Clark Hull
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Lev Vygotsky
Neo-behaviorism
43. Operant Conditioning
B. F. Skinner
Social Learning Theory
Lev Vygotsky
Kurt Koffka
44. 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
Bandura
Abraham Maslow
Expectancy Theory
Self-Efficacy
45. (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
Drive Reduction Theory
Inert knowledge
Kohlberg
Edward L.Thorndike
46. Constructivist; published The Process of Education; theories emphasize the significance of categorization in learning
Albert Bandura
TOTE's
Self-Efficacy
Jerome Bruner
47. Multiple intelligence theory specifies seven different intelligences that presume a broadened definition of intelligence.
Gardner
Keneth W. Spence
Jean Piaget
Kurt Koffka
48. (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.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Brunner
Law of Effect
Drive Reduction Theory
49. 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.
John Seely Brown
Proactive inhibition
Expectancy Theory
J.P. Guilford
50. 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.
Cognitive Perspective
Inert knowledge
Statistical Learning Theory
David Ausubel