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CLEP Educational Psychology Theorists And Theories

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1. Learning as a Mental Process






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






3. (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.






4. 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






5. Discrimination Learning






6. (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.






7. 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?'






8. 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






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






10. Operant Conditioning






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






12. (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.






13. Gestalt Learning Theory






14. Dividing mental age by chronological age and multiplying by 100.






15. Insight Learning






16. Coined the term 'Behaviorism'






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






18. Humanistic Theory of Learning






19. Theory of Classical Conditioning






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. (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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






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






34. Field Theoretical Approach






35. 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






36. Drive Reduction Theory






37. Emotions and Affect Play a Role in Learning






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






39. 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.






40. Humanistic; Transformational Learning






41. Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)






42. 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






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






44. 1925 - Observational Learning






45. 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






46. 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






47. Learning as a group process; Lev Vygotsky 1896 - 1935 Social Constructivism






48. Humanistic; Experiential Learning






49. (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.






50. 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.