Proponents and Theories - Vocabulary Flashcards (Video Notes)

100 vocabulary-style flashcards covering the key proponents and theories from the video notes.

Wilhelm Wundt

Father of psychology

Sigmund Freud

Father of modern psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychosexual theory

Johann Heinrich

Father of education and pedagogy

Ivan Pavlov

Classical conditioning

Burrhus F. Skinner

Operant conditioning

David Ausubel

Meaningful learning

Jerome Bruner

Discovery learning; spiral curriculum

Albert Bandura

Social cognitive learning theory

Edward Lee Thorndike

Law of readiness

Kurt Lewin

Life space

Kohler

Problem solving by insight

Urie Bronfenbrenner

Ecological theory

Sandra Bem

Gender schema theory

Howard Gardner

Theory of multiple intelligence

Elliot Turiel

Social domain theory

Lawrence Kohlberg

Moral development theory

Robert Sternberg

Triarchic theory of intelligence

Erik Erikson

Psychosocial development theory

Maria Montessori

Transfer of learning, kindergarten preparation of children

Edward Paul Torrance

Creative problem solving

Chomsky

Linguistic acquisition theory

Jean Piaget

Cognitive learning theory

John Watson

Behavioral theory

Edward Tolman

Purpose behaviorism

Bernard Weiner

Attribution theory

Daniel Goleman

Emotional intelligence

Titchener

Structuralism psychology

Robert Gagne

Sequence of instruction

Abraham Maslow

Hierarchy of needs, motivation theory

Benjamin Bloom

Bloom's cognitive taxonomy

David Krathwohl

Affective domain

Lev Vygotsky

Socio-cultural theory of cognitive development; linguistic theory; scaffolding

John Locke

Tabula rasa; empiricism

Charles Cooley

Looking glass self-theory

John Flavel

Metacognition

Arnold Gesell

Maturation theory

John Dewey

Learning by doing

David Froebel

Father of kindergarten

Auguste Comte

Father of Sociology

John Amos Comenius

Father of modern education

Classical conditioning

A learning process where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response

Operant conditioning

A learning process where behavior is shaped by reinforcement or punishment

Meaningful learning

Ausubel's theory that new information connects meaningfully to prior knowledge

Discovery learning

Bruner's theory enabling learners to construct knowledge through exploration

Spiral curriculum

Bruner's idea of revisiting topics at increasing levels of complexity

Social cognitive learning theory

Bandura's theory of learning via observation and modeling

Law of readiness

Thorndike's principle that learning occurs when the learner is ready

Life space

Lewin's total psychological field at a given time

Insightful learning

Kohler's insight-based problem solving

Ecological theory

Bronfenbrenner's theory of development in nested environmental systems

Gender schema theory

Bem's theory on gender-based knowledge structures

Theory of multiple intelligences

Gardner's view of multiple distinct intelligent modalities

Social domain theory

Turiel's framework for moral, social, and personal domains

Moral development theory

Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning

Triarchic theory of intelligence

Sternberg's model of analytic, creative, and practical intelligence

Psychosocial development theory

Erikson's eight-stage theory of social and emotional development

Transfer of learning

Montessori's idea that learning can transfer to new contexts

Creative problem solving

Torrance's approach to solving problems creatively

Linguistic acquisition theory

Chomsky's theory of language acquisition

Cognitive learning theory

Piaget's framework on internal mental processes in learning

Behavioral theory

Watson's emphasis on observable behavior and stimulus–response relations

Purpose behaviorism

Tolman's purposive, goal-directed behaviorism

Attribution theory

Weiner's theory on how people explain causes of behavior

Emotional intelligence

Goleman's concept of recognizing and managing emotions

Structuralism psychology

Titchener's school focusing on basic mental elements

Sequence of instruction

Gagne's framework for instructional events

Hierarchy of needs

Maslow's pyramid of human needs

Bloom's cognitive taxonomy

Classification of cognitive learning objectives by Bloom

Affective domain

Krathwohl's domain of attitudes and values

Socio-cultural theory of cognitive development

Vygotsky's emphasis on social interaction and culture in learning

Tabula rasa

Locke's blank slate concept

Looking glass self-theory

Cooley's idea that self-image derives from others' perceptions

Metacognition

Flavell's idea of thinking about one's own thinking

Maturation theory

Gesell's view of development guided by biology and maturation

Learning by doing

Dewey's philosophy that education is experiential

Father of kindergarten

Froebel's title as founder of kindergarten

Father of sociology

Comte's title as founder of sociology

Fr. of modern education

Comenius's epithet as father of modern education

John Amos Comenius

Father of modern education

Psychoanalysis

Therapeutic approach and theory developed by Freud