Learning Theories and Psychologists Flashcards

Psychologists and the learning theories associated with them.

Thorndike

Trial-and-error learning; laws of Readiness, Exercise and Effect.

Pavlov

Classical conditioning (dog and bell experiment).

B.F. Skinner

Operant conditioning; reinforcement (Skinner box).

Albert Bandura

Social / observational learning (Bobo doll experiment).

Wolfgang Köhler

Insight learning – chimpanzee Sultan (Gestalt school).

Jerome Bruner

Discovery learning; enactive, iconic, symbolic modes; spiral curriculum.

Howard Gardner

Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983) – later 8 intelligences.

Bloom's Taxonomy (revised 2001)

Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyse, Evaluate, Create.

Erik Erikson

Psychosocial development – 8 stages.

Abraham Maslow

Hierarchy of needs.

Alfred Binet

First intelligence test (Binet–Simon scale, 1905).

IQ formula

IQ = (Mental Age ÷ Chronological Age) × 100.