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Educational Psychology and Human Development
1. Maslow: Humanist psychologist who developed a pyramid representing heirar-
chy of human needs
2. Piaget: theorist that developed a series of stages in which an individual passes
during cognitive development; associated with constructivism
3. Vygotsky: theorist focused on the social world of people when explaining cog-
nitive development; associated with constructivism
4. Erikson: theorist who studied psychosocial development across the lifespan
5. Bandura: Theorist who focused on observational learning; famous for the Bobo
doll experiment; active in social-cognitive theory
6. Kohlberg: theorist who claimed individuals went through a series of stages in
the process of moral development.
7. Gilligan: theorist who examined moral differences between boys and girls
based on social rules and on ethic of caring and responsibility; critical of Kohlberg
8. Skinner: theorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning; associated
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,with behaviorism
9. Chomsky: theorist who formed the Universal Grammar theory; associated with
language development
10. Spearman: theorist who proposed a theory of general intelligence (IQ) mea-
sured by 'g factor')
11. Gardner: theorist who wanted to broaden definition of intelligence; created 8
types of intelligence
12. Thurnstone: theorist who proposed multiple primary mental abilities as a way
to define intelligence
13. Sternberg: theorist who developed triarchic theory of intelligence
14. Rogers: theorist who expanded on Maslow's concepts; associated with hu-
manism
15. Bloom: theorist who developed taxonomy of cognitive processes
16. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety
and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem,
(level 5) Self Actualization
17. Schema: a conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world
18. Assimilation: interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing
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, schemas
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Educational Psychology and Human Development
1. Maslow: Humanist psychologist who developed a pyramid representing heirar-
chy of human needs
2. Piaget: theorist that developed a series of stages in which an individual passes
during cognitive development; associated with constructivism
3. Vygotsky: theorist focused on the social world of people when explaining cog-
nitive development; associated with constructivism
4. Erikson: theorist who studied psychosocial development across the lifespan
5. Bandura: Theorist who focused on observational learning; famous for the Bobo
doll experiment; active in social-cognitive theory
6. Kohlberg: theorist who claimed individuals went through a series of stages in
the process of moral development.
7. Gilligan: theorist who examined moral differences between boys and girls
based on social rules and on ethic of caring and responsibility; critical of Kohlberg
8. Skinner: theorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning; associated
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,with behaviorism
9. Chomsky: theorist who formed the Universal Grammar theory; associated with
language development
10. Spearman: theorist who proposed a theory of general intelligence (IQ) mea-
sured by 'g factor')
11. Gardner: theorist who wanted to broaden definition of intelligence; created 8
types of intelligence
12. Thurnstone: theorist who proposed multiple primary mental abilities as a way
to define intelligence
13. Sternberg: theorist who developed triarchic theory of intelligence
14. Rogers: theorist who expanded on Maslow's concepts; associated with hu-
manism
15. Bloom: theorist who developed taxonomy of cognitive processes
16. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety
and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem,
(level 5) Self Actualization
17. Schema: a conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world
18. Assimilation: interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing
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, schemas
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