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CLEP Educational Psychology Theorists And Theories
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1. Coined the term 'Behaviorism'
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Edward C. Tolman
Kurt Koffka
John B. Watson
2. The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished
Social Learning Perspective
Cognitive Perspective
Drive Reduction Theory
Social Learning Theory
3. Social Constructivism; The Zone of Proximal Development is a concept for which he is well known.
Erik Erikson
Jack Mezirow
Lev Vygotsky
Neo-behaviorism
4. Perception - Decision making - Attention - Memory - & Problem Solving
Dependent variables
J.P. Guilford
Social Learning Perspective
Gestalt Learning Theory
5. Humanistic; Transformational Learning
Edward C. Tolman
Jack Mezirow
Schema
Clark Hull
6. Constructivist; Genetic Epistemology; Stages of Cognitive Development
Keneth W. Spence
Jean Piaget
Leon Festinger
Observational Learning
7. Operant Conditioning
Cognitive Perspective
B. F. Skinner
Jerome Bruner
Albert Bandura
8. (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
Max Wertheimer 1880
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
Schema
Intervening variables
9. (Estes) - A theory developed by Estes that attempts to show how stimuli are sampled and attached to responses. A statistical learning theory.
Jack Mezirow
Dependent variables
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Law of Effect
10. (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.
Law of Effect
Jerome Bruner
Proactive inhibition
Humanist Theories
11. (G. A. Miller)- (Test - Operate - Test - Exit). These are operational feedback units that function within a self-regulated system.
12. Gestalt Learning Theory
Neo-behaviorism
Kohlberg
Dependent variables
Max Wertheimer 1880
13. (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
Dependent variables
Edwin Guthrie
Contiguity
Self-Actualization
14. (Thorndike)- the idea that bonds between stimulus and response are strengthened by recency - frequency - and contiguity.
TOTE's
Law of Exercise
Max Wertheimer 1880
Humanistic Perspective
15. 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
Ivan Pavlov
Gilligan
Cognitive Theories
Cognitive Perspective
16. Cognitive Dissonance
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Observational Learning
Leon Festinger
Operant Conditioning
17. 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.
Jean Piaget
Cognitive Theories
Law of Exercise
Inert knowledge
18. Psychoanalytic Theory of Learning; The role of the Unconscious Mind in Learning
Sigmund Freud
Bandura
Gardner
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
19. Contiguity Theory; 'One-Trial Learning' (Behaviorism)
David Ausubel
Edwin Guthrie
Schema
Carl Rogers
20. 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.
Jean Piaget
Max Wertheimer 1880
Lev Vygotsky
TOTE's
21. (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
Inert knowledge
Constructivism
Leon Festinger
22. Constructivist; published The Process of Education; theories emphasize the significance of categorization in learning
Abraham Maslow
Wolfgang Kohler
Max Wertheimer 1880
Jerome Bruner
23. Field Theoretical Approach
Abraham Maslow
Kurt Lewin
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Humanistic Perspective
24. Constructive Knowledge.Construct with ideas and concepts of what they know.
Keneth W. Spence
Social Learning Perspective
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Brunner
25. (Brown - Cognitive apprenticeship)- knowledge which lacks application or cross contextual understanding.
Inert knowledge
Constructivism
Cognitive Theories
Attachment Theory
26. 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
Law of Effect
Self-Actualization
Social Learning Theory
Social Learning Perspective
27. 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.
Bandura
Dependent variables
Jerome Bruner
Attachment Theory
28. 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?'
Erik Erikson
TOTE's
Jerome Bruner
David Ausubel
29. 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.
Humanist Theories
Cognitive Theories
John B. Watson
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
30. 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
Discrimination Learning Theory
David Ausubel
Ivan Pavlov
Attachment Theory
31. Humanistic Theory of Learning
Cognitive Theories
Abraham Maslow
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Dependent variables
32. 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
Jerome Bruner
Edward L.Thorndike
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
Contiguity
33. A theory that psychology is essentially a study of external human behavior rather than internal consciousness and desires.
Constructivism
Behavioralism
Social Learning Perspective
Carl Rogers
34. Discrimination Learning
Dependent variables
Humanistic Perspective
Keneth W. Spence
Self-Actualization
35. Explanation of development that focuses on the quality of the early emotional relationships developed between children and their caregivers
Drive Reduction Theory
Jerome Bruner
Neo-behaviorism
Attachment Theory
36. 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
Carl Rogers
Jean Piaget
Kohlberg
Gilligan
37. 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
Connectionism
Social Learning Perspective
Psychosexual Theory
B. F. Skinner
38. Cognitive Apprenticeship
Erik Erikson
Drive Reduction Theory
Edward L.Thorndike
John Seely Brown
39. 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
Observational Learning
Carl Rogers
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
40. 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.
Bandura
Attachment Theory
Constructivism
Dependent variables
41. (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
Statistical Learning Theory
Constructivism
Schema
Expectancy Theory
42. Drive Reduction Theory
John B. Watson
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Kurt Koffka
Clark Hull
43. Insight Learning
Wolfgang Kohler
Gilligan
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Schema
44. Knowledge is Constructed; the Learner is an Active Creator
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Jean Piaget
Gardner
Constructivism
45. Occurs when the presence of previously learned material interferes with the learning of new material.
Humanist Theories
Carl Rogers
Jack Mezirow
Proactive inhibition
46. Learning as a group process; Lev Vygotsky 1896 - 1935 Social Constructivism
Operant Conditioning
Self-Efficacy
Social Learning Perspective
Constructivism
47. (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.
Attachment Theory
Edward L.Thorndike
Operant Conditioning
Drive Reduction Theory
48. 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
Behavioralism
Carl Rogers
Observational Learning
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
49. (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
Connectionism
Behavioralism
David Ausubel
50. (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.
Law of Effect
Self-Efficacy
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Expectancy Theory