Psychology 101 Review

Behaviorism Cognitivism Constructivists Humanism

the theory that human the psychology of a theory in education Humanism focuses
Brief
and animal behavior can learning which that recognizes on human freedom,
Description: be explained in terms of emphasizes human learners construct dignity, and potential.
conditioning, without cognition or new understandings It is necessary to
appeal to thoughts or intelligence as a and knowledge, study the person as a
feelings, and that special endowment integrating with whole.  This theory
psychological disorders enabling man to what they already deals with the social-
are best treated by form hypotheses and know. This includes emotional side of
altering behavior develop knowledge gained learning.
patterns intellectually prior to entering
Theorists
Pavlov Piaget Vygotsky
Associated: Maslow
Skinner Dewey
Bandura Erikson
Bloom
Gardner
Bruner

Notes
Behaviorism - Doesn't prepare the learner for problem solving or creative thinking. It prepares the learner for recall of basic facts,
automatic responses, or performing tasks.