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CLEP Educational Psychology Theorists And Theories
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1. Humanistic; Transformational Learning
Jack Mezirow
Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky
Operant Conditioning
2. 1925 - Observational Learning
Albert Bandura
Schema
Social Learning Perspective
Kurt Lewin
3. Insight Learning
Wolfgang Kohler
Gilligan
Connectionism
Gardner
4. 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?'
Constructivism
Erik Erikson
Self-Efficacy
Kohlberg
5. A theory that psychology is essentially a study of external human behavior rather than internal consciousness and desires.
Sigmund Freud
Behavioralism
Cognitive Perspective
Wolfgang Kohler
6. Coined the term 'Behaviorism'
John B. Watson
Gardner
Drive Reduction Theory
Observational Learning
7. The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished
Sigmund Freud
Social Learning Theory
Leon Festinger
Schema
8. Cognitive Dissonance
Connectionism
Self-Efficacy
Jean Piaget
Leon Festinger
9. Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Connectionism
Gestalt Learning Theory
Erik Erikson
William Kaye Estes
10. Discrimination Learning
Psychosexual Theory
Lev Vygotsky
Keneth W. Spence
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
11. Humanistic Theory of Learning
Connectionism
Jack Mezirow
Jean Piaget
Abraham Maslow
12. Explanation of development that focuses on the quality of the early emotional relationships developed between children and their caregivers
Attachment Theory
Intervening variables
John B. Watson
Self-Actualization
13. Psychoanalytic Theory of Learning; The role of the Unconscious Mind in Learning
Jean Piaget
Sigmund Freud
Edward L.Thorndike
Lev Vygotsky
14. Knowledge is Constructed; the Learner is an Active Creator
Lev Vygotsky
Constructivism
John B. Watson
Social Learning Perspective
15. 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.
Lev Vygotsky
Intervening variables
J.P. Guilford
Bandura
16. Theory of Classical Conditioning
John Seely Brown
Edward C. Tolman
John B. Watson
Ivan Pavlov
17. Perception - Decision making - Attention - Memory - & Problem Solving
Clark Hull
Gestalt Learning Theory
Albert Bandura
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
18. (Estes) - A theory developed by Estes that attempts to show how stimuli are sampled and attached to responses. A statistical learning theory.
Observational Learning
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Sigmund Freud
John Seely Brown
19. 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.
Kurt Koffka
Lev Vygotsky
Jean Piaget
Intervening variables
20. (Thorndike)- the idea that bonds between stimulus and response are strengthened by recency - frequency - and contiguity.
Law of Exercise
Self-Efficacy
Social Learning Perspective
Abraham Maslow
21. (G. A. Miller)- (Test - Operate - Test - Exit). These are operational feedback units that function within a self-regulated system.
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22. 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
TOTE's
Self-Efficacy
Proactive inhibition
Self-Actualization
23. 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.
Inert knowledge
Humanist Theories
Abraham Maslow
Expectancy Theory
24. (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
Clark Hull
Lev Vygotsky
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
Contiguity
25. 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
Neo-behaviorism
Attachment Theory
Jean Piaget
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
26. Learning as a group process; Lev Vygotsky 1896 - 1935 Social Constructivism
Social Learning Perspective
Law of Effect
Psychosexual Theory
Erik Erikson
27. Sign Theory & Latent Learning
Social Learning Perspective
Lev Vygotsky
Intervening variables
Edward C. Tolman
28. Operant Conditioning
Clark Hull
B. F. Skinner
William Kaye Estes
John B. Watson
29. Gestalt Theory
Kurt Koffka
Jerome Bruner
Intervening variables
Carl Rogers
30. (Brown - Cognitive apprenticeship)- knowledge which lacks application or cross contextual understanding.
TOTE's
Inert knowledge
Erik Erikson
Bandura
31. 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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32. Constructivist; published The Process of Education; theories emphasize the significance of categorization in learning
Discrimination Learning Theory
Jerome Bruner
Lev Vygotsky
Expectancy Theory
33. 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
Erik Erikson
Wolfgang Kohler
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
34. Gestalt Learning Theory
Lev Vygotsky
Max Wertheimer 1880
Gilligan
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
35. Multiple intelligence theory specifies seven different intelligences that presume a broadened definition of intelligence.
Abraham Maslow
Gardner
Law of Exercise
Humanist Theories
36. Learning as a Mental Process
Max Wertheimer 1880
Cognitive Perspective
Statistical Learning Theory
Sigmund Freud
37. 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
Dependent variables
Clark Hull
William Kaye Estes
Kohlberg
38. Social Constructivism; The Zone of Proximal Development is a concept for which he is well known.
Lev Vygotsky
Inert knowledge
Humanist Theories
Schema
39. 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.
Cognitive Theories
Proactive inhibition
Carl Rogers
Jack Mezirow
40. (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
Constructivism
Law of Exercise
Intervening variables
Law of Effect
41. 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
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
Edward C. Tolman
Edward L.Thorndike
Self-Actualization
42. Drive Reduction Theory
Clark Hull
Schema
Kohlberg
Inert knowledge
43. 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.
Zone of Proximal development (ZPD)
Humanistic Perspective
Jerome Bruner
J.P. Guilford
44. Dividing mental age by chronological age and multiplying by 100.
Schema
Brunner
IQ - in the Stanford-Binet formulation - is found by
Connectionism
45. (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
Intervening variables
J.P. Guilford
Schema
Gestalt Learning Theory
46. 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
Psychosexual Theory
Jerome Bruner
Edward L.Thorndike
J.P. Guilford
47. Contiguity Theory; 'One-Trial Learning' (Behaviorism)
Edwin Guthrie
Proactive inhibition
Carl Rogers
John B. Watson
48. 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
Edwin Guthrie
Edward L.Thorndike
Proactive inhibition
Max Wertheimer 1880
49. 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
Intervening variables
Erik Erikson
Neo-behaviorism
Gilligan
50. (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.
Stimulus Sampling Theory (SST)
Cognitive Perspective
Proactive inhibition
Law of Effect