Principles and Theory of Learning and Motivation

• Psychosexual Theory/Psychoanalysis - Sigmund Freud
• Psychosocial Theory - Erik Erikson's Theory of Personality
• Ecological Theory - Eric Brofenbrenner's Theory of Development
• Sociohistoric Cognitive Linguistic Theory - Lev Semanovich Vygotsky
• Cognitive Development - Jean Piaget; John Dewey; Jerome Brunner
• Phenomenology - Abraham Maslow; Carl Rogers; Louis Raths
• Behaviorism - Edward Thorndike; Ivan Pavlov; Burrhus Frederick Skinner
• Moral Development - Lawrence Kohlberg
• Ivan Pavlov - classical conditioning
• Edward Thorndike - connectionism
• Skinner - operant conditioning & reinforcement
• Albert Bandura - "bobo doll" experiment; modelling; self eficacy
• David Ausubel - Meaningful Reception Theory
• Jerome Bruner - Discovery Learning Theory/Inquiry method
• Wolfgang Kohler's - Insight Learning Problem
• Richard Atkinson & Richard Shiffrin's - Information Processing Theory
• Robert Gagne's - Cumulative Learning Theory
• Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligence
• Kurt Lewin's - Field Theory/ his concept of life space
• Brofenbrenner's - Ecological System Theory
• Lev Vygotsky - Social Constructivism; Zond of Proximal Development (ZPD) * gap b/w actual and potential development
• Hilda Taba - Grassroots Approach
• Max Wertheimer - Gestalt Psychology
• Wilhelm Wundt - "Father of Modern Psychology"
• William James - wrote the "Principles of psychology"/ consciousness
• hypothalamus - brain's stress center
• Abraham Maslow - physiological needs; "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" ; safety&security; love & belongingness; self-esteem; self-actualization
• Watson - (behaviorist approach) an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism.